Category: Care Coordination

Since opening nearly one month ago, Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Medical Center’s 72-bed North Pavilion facility has worked to support community care needs and improve both the patient and caregiver experience.

Flu activity has intensified in recent weeks, exacerbating capacity challenges for emergency departments nationwide.

Phoenix-based Banner Health has achieved significant length-of-stay improvements in recent years.

Amazon’s Alexa devices are household assistants in millions of homes. At Phoenix Children’s, the devices have helped the system treat thousands of patients identified at risk of suicide. 

With health systems stretched by rising patient volumes and operational challenges, health system leaders are rethinking capacity strategies.

University Hospitals’ accountable care organization had a math problem: More than 64,000 diabetic patients and only a few endocrinologists.

AdventHealth Carrollwood in Tampa, Fla., hospital has maintained a left-without-being-seen rate of less than 1% for seven consecutive months. 

Peterborough, N.H.-based Monadnock Community Hospital is closing care gaps in rural communities through its mobile healthcare program.

OhioHealth Berger Hospital in Circleville, part of Columbus-based OhioHealth, has invested $10 million in facility upgrades to enhance patient care.

OhioHealth Berger Hospital in Circleville, part of Columbus-based OhioHealth, has invested $10 million in facility upgrades to enhance patient care.