hospitals

Scotland County Hospital’s board chair was ‘less than creditable’ in testimony that she was responding to a financial crisis that could have closed the hospital.

Boone Hospital Center will pause elective surgeries, but MU Health Care will not.

Around 14% of all staff positions at hospitals were vacant in 2023, a rate that’s lower than it was at the height of the pandemic but still higher than in 2019.

The health care network's leaders say it's not subject to open records laws.

The number of pediatric ER visits for mental health reasons has increased by an average of 8% each year. But Kansas City hospitals warn they aren't able to keep pace — and already, about half of kids are going untreated.

In a statement Thursday, Boone Health said it has faced staffing and reimbursement challenges, like "many hospital-based home care and hospice organizations."

(Updated 4:30 p.m. Wed., March 26) In the last six months alone, Missouri hospitals have eliminated nearly 1,000 jobs, imposed hiring freezes affecting...