Category: Care Coordination

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. 

HCA Florida hospital addresses equipment sterilization issues

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, which shut down procedures earlier this year to address equipment sterilization issues, has resumed all surgical operations.

Why US hospitals are breaking up with anesthesiology groups

More hospitals are severing ties to anesthesiology groups, some to build their own internal anesthesia departments, others inking new contracts with different provider groups and some joining the growing volume of echoes claiming certain anesthesiology…

HCA Mission Hospital regains CMS compliance

CMS found Asheville, N.C.-based HCA Mission Hospital in compliance with its plan of correction and recommended removing the immediate jeopardy designation, Blue Ridge Public Radio reported Feb. 23.

Nemours Children's, Crozer affiliate on pediatric services

Under a new affiliation, Nemours Children’s Health will integrate neonatal ICU and pediatric cardiology services into the Crozer Health network, the two health systems announced Feb. 21. 

'We have a stable workforce': North Carolina hospital defying the odds of maternity care closures

As hospitals and health systems continue to face ongoing maternity care cuts and closures in 2024, Chatham Maternity Care Center at Siler City, N.C.-based Chatham Hospital, part of Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health, is working hard to defy those odds.

Atrium hospital floods, surgeries canceled

Atrium Health Pineville (N.C.), part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, has canceled its elective surgeries for Feb. 22 and notified patients after a plumbing fixture leaked on the hospital’s fourth floor in the early morning.

Methodist Le Bonheur, anesthesia group end 50-year partnership

Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and its longtime anesthesia provider, Medical Anesthesia Group, have ended their partnership after contract negotiations hit an impasse.

A guide to successfully navigate ED boarding

Overwhelming, chaotic, inefficient, dysfunctional — all four words appear throughout a recent report describing the nationwide challenge of emergency department boarding published by the American College of Emergency Physicians.