Emergency room waits for mental health care are still too long
As of 2024, there were fewer mental health patients stuck waiting in hospital emergency departments than in 2022.…
Kaiser made $9.3 billion last year. Critics say it has strayed from its charitable mission
Some employees called it the “dash for cash.” Months after Kaiser Permanente doctors saw a patient, federal prosecutors…
Family member turns in Sandy nurse accused of stealing patients’ medications
SANDY, Utah — Sandy police are crediting a family member for turning in a nurse accused of stealing…
Public fury as China mental hospitals recruit people to impersonate patients in insurance scam
A number of psychiatric hospitals in central China have been exposed over a scam in which they lure…
CT nurse admits to illegally distributing amphetamines, benzodiazepines
A Connecticut nurse has pleaded guilty to illegally distributing controlled substances. Michele Rene Muzyka, 61, of Cheshire waived…
Tribunal bans senior nurse for trying to take patient’s medication, altering hospital records
A public hospital nurse tried to steal a patient’s ADHD medication, falsified that patient’s notes and then “manipulated”…
Darwin midwife banned from working unsupervised handed $1.1 million NT government contract
A Darwin midwife who has been barred from working unsupervised by Australia’s nursing and midwifery regulator will continue…
Burlington to cut mental health clinicians from police department
The Burlington Police Department is set to eliminate a program that placed licensed mental health clinicians within the…
Gold Coast nurse sentenced after stealing patient’s bank card
A former Gold Coast nurse has walked away with 12 months’ probation after pleading guilty to stealing a…
Blacksburg nurse wins multiple awards for children’s book
Photo of Laura Beth Dean. (Copyright 2025 by WSLS 10 – All rights reserved.) BLACKSBURG, Va. – Laura…
Outback nurse transforms remote diabetes care with cans, rocks and bush tucker
When Rishoniy Caine arrived in a tiny outback NSW town with one general store, no gym and the…
In Oregon and Beyond, Many Kids in Mental Health Crises Come to the ER—And Languish
A few years ago, the Portland-based health policy researcher John McConnell recalls, he started hearing about a problem.…