Category: Care Coordination

Hospitals in Green Bay, Wis., are preparing for a possible influx of patients when the city hosts the NFL draft next month, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported March 17.

When NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 returned to Earth in October, Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Fla.), part of St. Louis-based Ascension health system, became the first civilian hospital to provide medical care to astronauts. 

Rows of glowing monitors display a constant stream of data on bed availability, patient transfers and ambulance arrivals, while specialists track and coordinate movements in real time, akin to air traffic controllers for hospital operations. 

CommonSpirit Health is set to introduce its first systemwide performance goals for emergency services since Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health merged to create the 140-hospital system in 2019.

The emergency department at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital has 41 beds, but there are often 80 to 100 patients at any time in the hospital’s ED, according to a Portland Business Journal report. 

Hurricane Helene devastated communities in the Southeast in September 2024, but Advocate Health Care’s disaster recovery plan allowed the system to weather the floods without canceling appointments.

UW Health American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., is expanding its intensive care services to meet growing regional demand for pediatric specialty care. 

Nearly 3 million Americans live in mostly rural counties that lack both healthcare and reliable high-speed internet, leaving them with worse outcomes and fewer options, KFF Health News reported March 10.

With inpatient demand stretching hospital capacity thin, UC San Diego Health is taking a collaborative, data-driven approach to proactively refine how patients move through the health system. 

Mount Sinai South Nassau, a 455-bed hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., opened a newly renovated emergency department March 5 that doubles its previous capacity.