hospitals and clinics

Registered nurse Deborah Lilley was presented with Carroll Hospital's May DAISY Award. A nurse at the hospital for 20 years, Lilley was recognized for her

Mission of Mercy is embarking on an exciting and long-sought after goal: the launch of a new mobile dental unit. Our board of directors recently approved the purchase of a 40-foot mobile unit that will be outfitted with three dental chairs and state-of-the-art equipment.

A movement that began after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has gained steam and aims to teach the public how to stop the bleeding from accident and injury wounds until help arrives.

Carroll Hospital has announced its Physician, and for the first time, Advanced Practice Provider of the Year for 2018: Dr. Mark Goldstein, the interim chief of emergency medicine, and Kim Baker, a physician assistant and director of adult hospitalists and ICU services.

Hospital emergency rooms in Maryland are being overwhelmed by a big jump in patients with mental health and substance-use issues.

A nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction has been claiming thousands of lives since kicking off in earnest in 2013, with more than 42,000 people dying from an overdose in 2016, the most ever on record, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

One-hundred years ago this weekend, the U.S. Army formally established in Anne Arundel County a convalescent camp for recovering soldiers wounded in World War I.

Maryland's efforts to keep health insurance affordable may help but only real fix for a broken insurance system is Medicare expansion.

The decision to close the pediatric emergency room at Medstar Franklin Square hospital has caused an uproar from the community and hospital staff, who say MedStar has abandoned its mission to serve the community in the pursuit of profits.

Ann M. Kennedy, a retired registered nurse, died March 27 from a stroke at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 80.

A Havre de Grace Planning Commission hearing to review the most recent site plan for University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health’s planned medical center and psychiatric hospital was abruptly canceled at the request of Upper Chesapeake Health, a city government spokesperson said.

Closing Franklin Square pediatric units eliminates a service that was needed and heavily used by the community and was the life’s work of doctors, nurses, philanthropists, managers, coordinators, community members and administrators. This decision did not improve any aspect of health care.

An independent audit has found that a program to curb health spending in Maryland has saved hundreds of million of dollars in its first three years, but another study found no direct link between the program and any cost savings or reduced hospital use by patients in its pilot years.

Franklin Square Medical Center is closing much of its pediatric division as patient numbers have dropped.

Dr. Roger E. Schneider plans to step down for his post as chairman of the Board of Harford County based University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health effective June 30, the health system announced Wednesday.

At age 19, Devonte Rhodes, was shot multiple times and admitted to the hospital and never left. He died nearly five years after the shooting.

Charges are pending against a man who allegedly assaulted two women as he tried to leave Harford Memorial Hospital Thursday evening, Havre de Grace police said.

After complaints over the past few years, Johns Hopkins first-year residents will no longer wear the traditional white coats that signify they are still learning about their profession.

Bringing up the difficult conversation with your loved ones about how you would like to be treated if you can not let your wishes be known in the event of a life threatening or end of life situation can be difficult and uncomfortable. However, having a reference to share can be a great icebreaker.

Despite the snow on the ground, spring is coming, and in anticipation of warm weather shoppers the Carroll Hospital Auxiliary is looking for volunteers for the hospital’s four gift shops and one thrift store.

Buckley named top physician for February

Registered nurse Helen Shepard, operating room, was presented with Carroll Hospital's February DAISY Award. A nurse at the hospital for 24 years, Shepard was

Federal regulators cited The University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown campus on several violations related to a January case where a patient was put out on the street in just a hospital gown.

Some nurses at the Johns Hopkins Hospital are attempting to form a union, saying that they are overworked, union officials said Monday.

Mercy Medical Center said Monday it is opening an expanded primary care and pediatric office to serve more patients.

Kiddie Academy, headquartered in Abingdon, donated more than 300 books to the Foundation to be distributed in its Special Care Nursery and Children’s Center and the CLIMB Program.

Maryland’s ambitious hospital payment overhaul has begun to demonstrate savings of hundreds of millions of dollars as well as culture change, new report finds.

Hospitals in the state say after three years under a unique agreement with federal regulators that they are saving on health care spending.

Carroll Hospital Senior Vice President of Operations Dwayne Richardson’s role will be overseeing all of the hospital’s service lines — that is, each of the departments such as cardiology, oncology and emergency.

A 4-month-old Hagerstown girl will be one of the first to get injections of stem cells into her defective heart as part of a study to see if there is a better way to treat an uncommon and often fatal condition.

Dr. John E. Steers packed a great deal into one lifetime. He was an all American American athlete, a chemical engineer and a father. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army reserve, a manager with Bethlehem Steel and a widely respected surgeon.

Johns Hopkins Health System plans a $469 million expansion and renovation of its Bayview Medical Center in Southeast Baltimore. It plans to build a new inpatient building there as well as renovate two existing buildings to modernize the outdated facilities.

University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center has submitted an application to the state for $60 million in hospital renovations.

What Monica Worrell has made clear is that the role she desires in Harford County supersedes the role for which she was elected in Havre de Grace.

Kathleen P. Ruane, a career Greater Baltimore Medical Center nurse practitioner who was known for her compassion for the sick and elderly, died Saturday from cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 67.

County Executive Barry Glassman looks back on his first three years and ahead to what could be almost five more leading Harford County government.

As the population of Howard County has grown, so have the health-care resources available to residents.

Mercy Medical Center is knocking down a strips of rowhouses across Calvert Street from the hospital and plan immediately to use it for parking.

Bon Secours of Marriottsville announced today it is merging with Mercy Health, which operates hospitals in Kentucky and Ohio

The mayor of Havre de Grace says he and a majority of the city council are opposed to having the city’s full service hospital replaced by a scaled down emergency and ambulatory care center.

Vitamin infusions have become popular among those seeking hydration or an extra boost of energy, but some doctors question if there is any real health benefit.

As of Feb. 5, Carroll Hospital is one step closer to changing the business of being born in the county. That’s the date the hospital’s newly renovated Family Birthplace entrance opened to patients.

Hospital names Dec. and Jan. physicians of month

The University of Maryland Medical Center has hired a new president and announced other leadership changes at the hospital where a patient was found last month outside in just a hospital gown

In remarks to president of University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, Havre de Grace council president says his city still needs, wants and deserves a full service hospital

The Havre de Grace City Council passed, unanimously, Ordinance 996 regarding hospital-related changes to the city zoning code Monday, following a public hearing with impassioned remarks on both sides about Upper Chesapeake Health's Vision 2020 plan.

City Council's plan to regulate and tax Airbnb rentals is short-sighted mistake.

Dr. Henry B. "Harry" Wilson, a retired Baltimore ophthalmologist and bibliophile whose collection ranged from Golden Books to histories of Maryland and Baltimore, died Sunday froma heart attack at Oak Crest Village. He was 94.

“This is a serious flu, but it is actually a typical H3N2 epidemic,” Taylor said, noting the particular strain of the flu virus predominate at the moment. “Flu every year kills people.”

The United Arab Emirates has gifted Johns Hopkins Medicine $50 million to create a global stroke center to come up with better ways to treat a disease that kills and disables millions of people in both countries.