hospitals

Sharon Hospital received the initial denial to close their delivery unit. Advocates ask the state not to “turn a blind eye” to urgent healthcare challenges.

Trinity Health of New England wants to close birthing services at Johnson Memorial, citing low patient volume and difficulty recruiting staff.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut wants U.S. News and World Report to stop accepting money from hospitals for its national “Best Hospitals" rankings.

Connecticut officials held a public hearing for Yale's application to acquire Waterbury, Manchester Memorial and Rockville General hospitals.

State health officials are seeing a different picture than the financial crisis the Connecticut Hospital Association reported last week. 2022 was the worst fiscal year for hospitals in the state, according to the industry group.

Masks are still needed at several Long Island hospitals after a statewide mandate expired on Sunday.

New York’s hospitals and medical providers can no longer place liens on patients’ homes or garnish their wages due to medical debt.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Katy Golvala to discuss her article with David Altimari, “A quarter of CT doctors work for big hospitals. Is that good for patients?” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

As the health care industry becomes more and more concentrated, some small private practices find it difficult to compete with big health care systems. So, instead, they’re joining them.

The hospitals are among 19 across New York to receive the top mark.