Category: Care Coordination

Six clinics run by shuttered Martin General Hospital are set to close, NBC affiliate WITN reported Oct. 5.

Increasing numbers of migrants and asylum seekers to the U.S. has propelled cities nationwide to find the necessary resources to care for the influx of the incoming population. 

Following reports about the influx of thousands of migrants to New York City in the last year alone, the city’s health and hospital system — which oversees 11 acute care facilities, five skilled nursing facilities, and 50 other care locations — asserts…

Massachusetts hospitals are struggling to discharge patients in a timely manner, leading to a bottleneck that costs hospitals, The Boston Globe reported Oct. 2.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals Woodhull campus in Brooklyn evacuated and transferred 116 patients Sept. 30 to allow the facility to shut down its power and assess flood-related damage. 

Questioning a serious diagnosis can be daunting for patients when they don’t know where to turn. But just six months into Cleveland Clinic’s employer offering, hundreds of patient referrals have already been received since the program debuted in March….

Power outages spurred Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville, Fla., to delay some elective surgeries this week, WJXT reported Sept. 28

HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls, Wis., will temporarily suspend surgical services Oct. 26, according to NBC affiliate WEAU.

OhioHealth’s hospital in Van Wert, Ohio, will stop inpatient maternity care, effective Sept. 30. 

Salem-based Oregon State Hospital has been cited by CMS with immediate jeopardy after inspectors found safety issues related to secure medical transport, The Lund Report reported Sept. 16.