Category: Care Coordination

Tampa General is working to embed behavioral health services within each of its primary care practices by the end of 2025. 

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CHI Memorial Hospital opened a urinary tract infection clinic, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Jan. 12.

At Cleveland Clinic, AI tools are advancing not just patient care, but patient privacy and clinical practices.

Hospitals across the country are facing significant capacity strain and are enacting pandemic-era care coordination strategies to manage an influx in patients. 

Cedars-Sinai is preparing for a surge in patients with respiratory issues as wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles County. 

A Veterans Affairs hospital in Richmond, Va., is halting all outpatient appointments, procedures and surgeries Jan. 9 and 10 after the city’s reservoir system malfunctioned. 

Three active wildfires started in Los Angeles County on Jan. 7, burning across thousands of acres and spurring tens of thousands of evacuations. Here are four things to know about the wildfires and their effects on hospitals in the city.

Some health systems are reporting an uptick in emergency department visits after a severe winter weather system moved through the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions earlier this week, Fox affiliate WDAF-TV reported Jan. 7. 

While 66% percent of visits to community health centers were for medical services, the next highest visit category was for mental health and substance use disorder services at 13%, according to a KFF Health News report.

Ahead of a planned strike by the Oregon Nurses Association, Providence said it has warned state officials that the work stoppage will put healthcare access at “significant risk.” Beginning Jan. 6, the health system is capping the number of patients at …