Hospitals – Page 5

How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients

Acadia Healthcare is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a Times investigation found.

By Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Katie Thomas

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Hospitals Cancel Nonessential Surgeries After Microsoft Outage

Hospital systems across the country reported I.T. disruptions. A spokesman for Kaiser Permanente called the situation “unprecedented.”

By Annie Correal

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Promised Cures, Tainted Cells: How Cord Blood Banks Mislead Parents

Families pay thousands of dollars to store their children’s stem cells with the hope of a healthier future. But the cells are rarely useful, and sometimes contaminated.

By Sarah Kliff and Azeen Ghorayshi

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Ann Lurie, Nurse Who Became a Prominent Philanthropist, Is Dead at 79

A former hippie who chafed at wealth, she married a Chicago real estate titan and, after his death, donated hundreds of millions in her adopted city and beyond.

By Alex Williams