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Emergency rooms in 'crisis' mean longer visits. It's getting worse
When 43-year-old Ron Miller started to lose feeling in his legs in August, the surgeon who performed his spinal surgery in 2025 told him to get to UC Medical Center's emergency room immediately. Miller arrived at around 10:30 p.m., explained to intake staff that his surgeon had sent him to be admitted and left detailed notes in his patient file. After a nurse took his vitals, Miller was asked to sit in the waiting room. Around 2 a.m., a provider took him back to get a CT scan. Then Miller returned to the waiting room and sat for about another 4 hours before leaving, untreated. "We felt very ignored," said Miller's partner, "Ebony J" Wynn. "We are in an emergency, and it felt like nobody was listening." This is the exact scenario that emergency room nurse personnel dread. And yet, Miller's long wait at UC Medical Center's emergency room isn't out of the ordinary. The average time patients spent in Cincinnati emergency departments before leaving the visit was almost 3 hours between October 2024 and September 2025, according to new data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In Cincinnati, those visit times range between 2 and 4.5 hours.
The Cincinnati Exchange
UC nurses raise staffing concerns as new hires decline
UC Medical Center nurses are raising concerns about staffing after a sharp decline in the number of new nurses attending hospital orientations. The Registered Nurse Association of UC Medical Center presented a memorandum to UC Health addressing staffing, recruitment and retention. The union says Greater Cincinnati’s broader nursing shortage is contributing to the challenge, while UC continues expanding its nursing education pipeline and recruiting nurses.
The Cincinnati Exchange
NorthStar Behavioral Health opens $18M facility in Cincinnati’s Walnut Hills
NorthStar Behavioral Health has opened an $18 million behavioral health facility at 2114 Reading Road in Cincinnati’s Walnut Hills. The 30,000-square-foot facility has 26 inpatient beds, outpatient services and a medication-assisted treatment clinic. The organization, formerly known as The Crossroads Center, expects the facility to serve more than 1,200 people annually. The opening also marks the nonprofit’s 2026 rebrand to NorthStar Behavioral Health.
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First Twins Born at New Hospital Share Special Connection to MMH History
The first twins born at MMH recently met the first twins born at the new facility. Al Hartman and Dorothy Flaspohler became the first twins born at Margaret Mary Hospital. Now, as they celebrate their 93rd birthday, they share a unique connection with Aria and Bella Ashcraft, the first twins born at our new hospital, just weeks after it opened. Photo provided.
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President of Kroger Health to Retire After 31 Years
Cincinnati — The Kroger Co. has announced that Colleen Lindholz, president of Kroger Health, will retire after more than three decades with the company. Lindholz joined Kroger as a pharmacist in the Cincinnati-Dayton division in 1995. From there, she held several pharmacy roles in the division, including manager, coordinator, sales promoter, recruiter and merchandiser. She was promoted to director of pharmacy sales and marketing in 2013 and president and CEO of the Little Clinic in 2015. Lindholz was named president of Kroger Health in 2017.
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3 from Dayton among 18 Medicaid providers indicted on fraud charges
Three Dayton residents were among the 18 Medicaid providers indicted this week on fraud charges by the Ohio attorney general. Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said that more than $355,000 in total was stolen from the healthcare program. The indictments were handed down in Franklin County after the investigation by...
Fox 19
Two Cincinnati home-healthcare workers accused of Medicaid fraud
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WXIX) -Two Cincinnati healthcare workers are facing criminal charges after state investigators accused them of billing Medicaid for services while clients were away or while traveling out of town, according to Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson. The charges come from a statewide investigation by the Ohio Attorney General’s...
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WKRC
St. Elizabeth Healthcare unveils new high-tech operating rooms for cardiac surgery
CINCINNATI (WKRC) — St. Elizabeth Healthcare has unveiled new "state-of-the-art" operating rooms focused solely on cardiac surgery, aiming to speed care for patients as demand rises. The hospital said the high-tech operating rooms are designed for moments "when seconds count," with equipment, monitors and workspaces intentionally positioned so surgeons,...
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Kroger Health’s Lindholz To Retire After 31 Years
Colleen Lindholz, president of Kroger Health, will retire after 31 years with The Kroger Co., the company announced Sept. 25. Lindholz joined Kroger in 1995 as a pharmacist in the Cincinnati-Dayton division, where she held several pharmacy roles, including manager, coordinator, sales promoter, recruiter and merchandiser. She was promoted to director of pharmacy sales and marketing in 2013 and to president and CEO of The Little Clinic in 2015. She was named president of Kroger Health in 2017.
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Akron and Cincinnati hospitals collaborate on child’s cancer treatment
CINCINNATI — Raegan Glendon was 14 months old when a routine well visit led to a diagnosis of neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer that required 14 months of treatment and care from two Ohio children’s hospitals. Her mother, Kelly Glendon, said the family’s first concern was clear: “What do...
WKRC
Local doctor helps women navigate menopause care gap with hormone therapy
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - As menopause and mid-life women’s health draw growing national attention, a local physician says she is working to close what many call the “menopause care gap” by helping patients manage a wide range of symptoms and identify underlying causes. For Dr. Amy Brenner of...
The Center Square
Wilmington voters will not have say in data center
(The Center Square) – More voters in Ohio will not have in the future at data centers in their communities. A citizen initiative to add data center regulations to the city of Wilmington’s zoning code won’t be on the ballot Nov. 3, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled. “The city of Wilmington does not have authority to enact such an ordinance,” the court ruled. “Accordingly, on August 12, 2026, the Clinton County Board of Elections unanimously voted to not certify the petition.” In 2024, the Wilmington City Council and the Clinton County Port Authority submitted a response to a request for proposals for data centers in Ohio from Amazon, according to a citizens group opposing it. “The project was hidden from the public for about 18 months, giving no opportunities for community input or feedback,” the citizens group said on its website. “When we learned about the potential impacts – constant noise, air pollution, water contamination, and the loss of local control – we decided to act.” The citizens’ group’s stated purpose is “to protect Wilmington and its residents from the harmful environmental and health impacts of the proposed Amazon data center by ensuring that any major industrial development is
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Avondale's Ambrose Health Center Breaks Ground on Expansion to Close 20-Year Life Gap
Ambrose H. Clement Health Center — Expansion Construction Site. Construction crews have moved into the Ambrose H. Clement Health Center on Reading Road, kicking off a major renovation and expansion that will bring medical, pharmacy and dental care under one roof in Avondale. The project began this month and is expected to run through spring 2027, with the center remaining open to patients the entire time.