Category: Care Coordination

Older adults are spending an average of three weeks every year on healthcare appointments, a Jan. 23 study found.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System and Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health have formed a joint venture to provide comprehensive cancer services to patients in southern Alabama, southeast Mississippi and the Florida panhandle.

More than half of rural hospitals in the U.S. do not offer labor and delivery services, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health is connecting patients who regularly visit emergency rooms for non-emergency care of chronic conditions to a program designed to make care more accessible, while keeping critical ER beds free and lowering capacity.

In response to a growing pile of questions about compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, HHS and CMS are deploying new education efforts. 

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital is requesting permission from the state to add more than 90 inpatient beds amid what it says is an “unprecedented capacity crisis.” 

HCA Florida’s North Florida Hospital in Gainesville will suspend elective surgeries for the next four days to address equipment sterilization issues, a spokesperson for HCA Florida confirmed to Becker’s.

Macon, Ga.-based Atrium Health Navicent lifted restrictions on emergency department access after a three-hour standoff between an armed man and police at one of its medical office buildings Jan. 17 was resolved, Fox and ABC affiliate WGXA reported.

Massachusetts officials and insurers are implementing various measures to address an increase in respiratory illness affecting hospital capacity. 

An arctic blast has brought frigid temperatures to most of the U.S., leading some hospitals to postpone elective procedures.