hospitals

A discussion on the future of Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare isn’t over, but during a meeting on the issue, most city commissioners agreed they want the hospital to remain locally owned.

The school would enter a long-term lease and management agreement with Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare to operate the facility under the “FSU Health” brand.

Many Watson Clinic doctors will be on staff at the new Lakeland Highlands hospital when it opens in June 2026.

Hospitals are increasingly using AI assistants to handle scheduling, preparation and patient questions about medical procedures. Now nursing unions are bargaining for contract protections for their members.

The Napes-based company, which owns five hospitals in Georgia and Missouri and operates one in Florida, said it does not plan to close any locations.

A man had friends drive him to the hospital after he was hit by a car. Doctors checked him out, then sent him by ambulance to a trauma center, which released him with no further treatment.

The stories of two nurses who survived a gunman's attack on an ICU at UMPC Memorial Hospital in York are being shared in Facebook posts that reveal new details.

A gunman took hostages before exchanges of gunfire that killed the man, a police officer and wounded five others in an ICU. The suspect had been in contact with the hospital about a medical issue involving someone else.

More than 60,000 people bleed to death every year in the United States. Many of those deaths occur before the patient reaches a trauma center where blood transfusions can be given.

Flu, RSV and other respiratory illnesses are sending people to urgent care and emergency rooms. In some cases, these patients are ending up with pneumonia.