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Hospital Closures Pose Challenges to Care
Empty beds in a hospital room.
When 10-bed Nye Regional Medical Center, in west-central Nevada, closed abruptly in 2015, it meant that the residents of the former gold-mining town of Tonopah would have to drive about two hours across a hundred miles of desert roads to get to the nearest hospital.
The hospital’s CEO, Wayne Allen, didn’t sugar-coat it.
“This is a decision that will ultimately jeopardize the health and well-being of our community and surrounding areas,” he said.
Hospital closures over the last decade—most notably in rural areas and in pediatrics, but urban closures as well—have left patients wi...
Source: The Hospitalist - November 1, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ronda Whitaker Tags: Business of Medicine Career Pediatrics PHM22 Source Type: research
