Category: Care Coordination

Starting later this summer, UC Davis Health will establish a comprehensive trauma recovery center to ensure patients who are victims of crime have access to appropriate mental health services, marking a first-of-its-kind program in Sacramento. 

SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital in Wentzville, Mo., has expanded capacity in its emergency department as the county’s population grows. 

By many measures, the nation’s mental health crisis is growing and with a lack of access to appropriate care, hospital emergency departments are often where patients seeking behavioral care show up. 

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital announced May 29 that it will put $60 million toward establishing a new 111,000-square-foot applied gene and cell therapy center in Sharonville, Ohio.

UPMC’s division in Central Pennsylvania is actively working to transfer patients to its kidney and liver transplant programs after Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center announced it is ending those transplant services. 

Maryland’s multiyear, legislative push to expand the role of licensed midwives in the state to include care for former cesarean section patients wanting at-home birth for their next child, has come to an end. 

Eau Claire, Wis.-based Marshfield Medical Center has seen a 47% increase in emergency department patients and a 160% increase in births and deliveries in the last month after two local hospitals shut down, Wisconsin Public Radio reported May 20.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center has temporarily paused its kidney transplant program for two weeks after meetings with UNOS. 

Hicksville, Ohio-based Community Memorial Hospital said it will temporarily suspend operations starting May 19.

An effort to reduce emergency department wait times is proving successful for Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health.