Category: Care Coordination

Why Ballad Health is under fire for long wait times

A recent report showed Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health, which benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the U.S., has a nearly 11-hour median wait time for emergency department patients, KFF Health News reported March 25.

More surgery disruptions reported at HCA Florida hospital

More than half a dozen surgeries at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville were reportedly canceled March 21 amid ongoing issues related to surgical instruments not being properly reprocessed.

Penn State Health Children's to expand surgical services

Specialists with Penn State Health Children’s Hospital in Hershey, Pa., are now providing nonemergency surgical services at the health system’s hospital in Lancaster, about 25 miles south. 

First responders worry over decrease in beds at UC Davis Medical Center amid construction

First responders are concerned about how a major expansion project at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento may affect ambulance wait times, according to a March 19 CBS News Sacramento report. 

MRI damaged after fire at Boston VA hospital

A fire at Boston-based Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center damaged the MRI suite and could impact MRI patient care for the foreseeable future, CBS News reported March 19.

Physician asks state to conduct 'impact assessment' on obstetrics closure at Scripps Health hospital

 A South Bay physician has asked the California Department of Public Health to conduct an “impact assessment” of Scripps Health’s recent decision to close the labor and delivery unit at Scripps Mercy Chula Vista (Calif.) Hospital and transfer obst…

'Urgent care attached to hospital': Florida hospital opens fast track ED

West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton, Fla., has opened a “fast-track” emergency department facility steps away from its main ED, where patients with less severe medical needs can be treated more efficiently. 

Minnesota hospital expands ED with 16-bed modular unit

M Health Fairview St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, Minn., is reducing emergency department boarding with modular units that expand its ED footprint, allowing more patients to be seen.

Beth Israel transfers more patients out of ED ahead of closure

More patients are being transferred out of Mount Sinai Beth Israel’s emergency room as the hospital closes down services, Politico reported March 13.

Mass General Brigham merging departments from 2 hospitals

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is combining the clinical departments and academic programs from its Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital into single departments. Both hospitals are based in Boston.