Category: Care Coordination

Four days after Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed its emergency department, nearby hospitals’ patient volumes are steadily rising. 

Safety net hospitals are not the only medical facilities that could suffer from Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center’s imminent closure. Smaller local clinics are also prepping for an increased patient load, radio station WSB reported Oct. 16. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Children’s Hospital will now provide neonatal support at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, Calif.

The 499-bed University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington is struggling to serve a high volume of patients and is redirecting non-emergent cases elsewhere, NBC affiliate WPTZ reported Oct. 17. 

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte has reopened its operating rooms and some additional services following damage from Hurricane Ian, ABC affiliate WWSB reported Oct. 17. 

Hospitals across the country are seeing a significant surge of respiratory syncytial virus, NBC News reported Oct. 14. 

Two Wisconsin health systems — Froedtert Health in Wauwatosa and ThedaCare in Neenah — have joined forces to build two medical campuses including “micro-hospitals,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Oct. 13. 

After Hurricane Ian, a team of 37 healthcare workers from Massachusetts treated 500 patients in emergency department tents set up outside of Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s Venice (Fla.) campus. 

Prisma Health’s Tuomey Hospital in Sumter, S.C., is expanding its emergency department by 13,000 square feet in order to accommodate more patients, ABC Columbia 25 reported Oct. 13.

Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed its emergency department Oct. 14 in preparation to shutter completely Nov. 1, leaving local residents worried and nearby hospitals scrambling.