MaineHealth, which cares for patients in Maine and northern New Hampshire, was inspired by the Henry Ford Health System’s Zero Suicide program to reduce the number of suicides in their medical inpatient pediatric population by expanding their suicide prevention screening and then connecting at-risk patients with behavioral health services. They’re not alone in their efforts; the Zero … Continue reading “Aiming for Zero: Providing Support to Children at Risk of Suicide”
In the early months of the pandemic, many hospitals stopped performing elective surgical procedures at the recommendation of the American College of Surgeons and the U.S. Surgeon General. We investigated whether common elective surgeries have returned to expected levels.
