7 Action News has spent months uncovering serious health and safety concerns at Oakland County's oldest hospital. Now, Simon Shaykhet is taking his findings to local, state and federal agencies for investigation, and also tracking down the hospital's top executive.
Desiree Borden thought she had time to pack her things. But a friend called saying the California Camp Fire was barreling toward her home in Paradise and would be at her doorstep in a matter of minutes. Borden and her husband grabbed their toddler, their dogs and raced out with the sad resignation that their home would burn to the ground.
Four New York City hospitals got failing grades in a new report card measuring infections and other safety measures. Elmhurst Hospital and St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, both in Queens, as well as Maimonides and Interfaith hospitals in Brooklyn all received Fs for issues including dangerous objects left in the body after surgery, wounds splitting open, bed sores and falls, according to the report by the non-profit Leapfrog Group.
A New Mexico woman who was brought back to life is suing the hospital for violating her rights. The Albuquerque Journal reports lawyers for Jamie Sams filed a lawsuit this week in New Mexico state district court against Santa Fe’s Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center.
Iowa’s rural demography and shortage of primary care doctors, especially in smaller towns, has patients heavily reliant on physician assistants — a pool of providers facing a growing threat: age. New University of Iowa research shows 29 percent of Iowa’s 873 physician assistants in 2015 were over 50 and nearing retirement age, up from just 11 percent a decade earlier.
Earlier this week, Ballad Health leaders announced what is arguably the biggest move in the hospital system’s brief history: The formation of a regional trauma system that is expected to save resources, increase effectiveness and expand access. Here’s a look at how Ballad Health came to be and some of its latest developments.