Vaccines, mask compliance, weather credited with better Kansas COVID trends in February msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After nursing home vaccinations, Kansas has fewer COVID clusters and hospitalizations Jason Tidd, The Wichita Eagle
Feb. 25 Health officials are crediting vaccination clinics at nursing homes and lower levels of community spread with much of the reduced coronavirus pressure on Kansas hospitals. We have had a dramatic drop-off in the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said during a Tuesday media briefing hosted by the University of Kansas Health System.
Hospitalization COVID-19 statistics have improved so significantly that the KDHE and Kansas Hospital Association last week discontinued their weekly regional hospital reports and teleconferences.
Struggling Kansas Hospitals Ponder Potential Solution: Fewer Beds
Struggling Kansas Hospitals Ponder Potential Solution: Fewer Beds
Kansas Considers New Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Share this story Published February 24th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: Pending legislation in Kansas could provide relief for struggling rural hospitals by providing them more flexibility in the services they provide. (File Photo)
Here’s one possible solution for financially struggling rural hospitals eliminate the beds.
The idea is gaining traction in the wake of new federal legislation approved in December that would allow for designation of “rural emergency hospitals.” Similar legislation is now making its way through the Kansas legislature.
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