Category: Care Coordination

As the number of natural disasters grows in the U.S. and in the world, so must the readiness of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. 

As the number of natural disasters grows in the U.S. and in the world, so must the readiness of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. 

CHI Saint Joseph Health and UK HealthCare, both based in Lexington, Ky., have shared an agreement plan for UK HealthCare to offer coverage for the Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East’s neonatal intensive care unit in Lexington. 

CHI Saint Joseph Health and UK HealthCare, both based in Lexington, Ky., have shared an agreement plan for UK HealthCare to offer coverage for the Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East’s neonatal intensive care unit in Lexington. 

The air conditioning at University of California San Francisco’s Medical Center at Parnassus is out on some floors, ABC7 reported Oct. 8.

Health systems are leaning into on-demand care to counteract long wait times.

Hospitals and health systems are making progress to reduce emergency department length of stay, though ED boarding remains a significant challenge for high-volume facilities, according to a new report from the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance.

Hospitals in Florida are coordinating patient transfers and ensuring they have adequate fuel supplies for their generators ahead of the second major hurricane headed for the state in less than two weeks. 

The emergency department at Franciscan Health Crown Point (Ind.) has received the state’s first American College of Emergency Physicians’ Pain and Addiction Care in the emergency department gold-level accreditation.

Some hospitals are beginning to recover from the storm damage, flooding and power outages caused by Hurricane Helene.