Category: Care Coordination

CommonSpirit, University of Utah Health ink clinical partnership

Chicago-based CommonSpirit and Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health have formed a clinical partnership that will give patients at five CommonSpirit hospitals access to physicians and providers at the academic health system. 

Bomb cyclone disrupts care on West Coast

Several hospitals, care clinics and pharmacies faced power issues and curtailed services after a bomb cyclone swept through the Pacific Northwest. 

New York hospital diverts patients after pipe burst

Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Hospital is diverting patients to other hospitals after a ruptured pipe caused flooding in its radiology department, the Times Union reported Nov. 19.

New York hospital diverts patients after pipe burst

Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Hospital is diverting patients to other hospitals after a ruptured pipe caused flooding in its radiology department, the Times Union reported Nov. 19.

Ohio system partners with University Hospitals cancer center

Aultman Cancer Center in Canton, Ohio, and University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland have entered a new clinical collaboration.

An underutilized tool to improve trauma care

Nearly 30 million Americans lack timely access to trauma centers, and teletrauma presents a promising approach to fill that gap — though it remains underutilized, according to the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

A Florida system's care coordination strategy, version 2.0

In launching its own care coordination center, Memorial Healthcare System set out to go beyond capacity management and centralized bed placement. Specifically, it combines human capital, data and IT, Chief Medical Officer Aharon Sareli, MD, told Becker…

A patient population metric that needs redefinition

A recent study found that hospital geographic market boundaries often differ from actual patient travel patterns, indicating that hospital service areas may not accurately define patient populations, Medscape reported.

Another system leans into urgent care expansion: 5 notes

Cleveland-based University Hospitals is leaning into “retail healthcare” by expanding its urgent care centers to 36 retail centers across northern Ohio by 2026, cleveland.com reported Nov. 3.

Wyoming hospital to cut labor, delivery services

Evanston (Wyo.) Regional Hospital will discontinue its labor and delivery services Dec. 30.