MetroHealth has cut the median time to surgery for patients with acute spinal cord injuries to 7.63 hours — 14.44 hours faster than the median national average, one of its leaders told Becker’s.
Category: Care Coordination
Illinois hospital regains trauma center designation
Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Ill., has regained its level 2 trauma center designation after losing it on Feb. 2.
A Wisconsin hospital cut ER wait times by opening a special unit
Madison, Wis.-based UnityPoint Health Meriter Hospital has reduced wait times in the emergency department for patients with the implementation of a new admissions unit, a UnityPoint Health spokesperson told Becker’s.
UPMC, Italy partnership completes 3,000 organ transplants
UPMC’s Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Highly Specialized Therapies in Palermo, Italy, has completed its 3,000th organ transplant.
7 changes this hospital plans to make after a staff stabbing
The Hawaii Health Department implemented security and patient changes to the State Operated Specialized Residential Program and Hawaii State Hospital facilities following the death of a nurse.
The virtual emergency department that has seen 300 patients
Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Hospital launched a virtual emergency department program, ABC affiliate WMUR reported Feb. 29.
Valleywise reopens some mental health beds, but dozens remain closed
Valleywise Health has reopened some of its inpatient psychiatric beds that had been closed since 2022 due to staffing shortages. However, dozens of the Phoenix-based system’s licensed psychiatric beds remain closed as it works to recruit more behaviora…
Connecticut hospitals to lawmakers: Data collection won't curb capacity issues
Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would require hospitals to collect and report data on emergency department wait times and volumes. Hospitals, meanwhile, contend such rules will not help solve emergency department boarding and capacity…
How WellSpan Health cut ED utilization by 32%
York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health has cut its emergency department utilization by 32% after implementing a new program that incorporates behavioral care and addiction treatment, a spokesperson for the system shared with Becker’s Feb. 28.
McLaren debuts ER self-scheduling for patients
In a bid to reduce wait times, Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health is now offering an online scheduling option for patients seeking care at two of its emergency departments.
