Over-Hospitalizations Archives - HIT Leaders and News https://us.hitleaders.news/tag/over-hospitalizations/ Healthcare Innovations and technology news and views Thu, 16 May 2024 17:58:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 U.S. Departments of Health & Human Services and Justice Issue Letter of Findings to State of Rhode Island Over Improper Over-Hospitalizations of Children with Disabilities https://us.hitleaders.news/government/42755/u-s-departments-of-health-human-services-and-justice-issue-letter-of-findings-to-state-of-rhode-island-over-improper-over-hospitalizations-of-children-with-disabilities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-departments-of-health-human-services-and-justice-issue-letter-of-findings-to-state-of-rhode-island-over-improper-over-hospitalizations-of-children-with-disabilities Mon, 20 May 2024 14:56:03 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=42755 An investigation by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and has found that the State of Rhode Island violated federal civil rights laws by routinely and unnecessarily segregating children with mental health and/or developmental disabilities at Bradley Hospital, an acute-care psychiatric hospital.

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