Category: Care Coordination

UC Davis to provide neonatal services for local hospital

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

Vermont hospital redirecting nonemergent patients

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 hospital damaged by Hurricane Ian reopens ORs

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. 

RSV cases reaching ‘seasonal peak levels,’ CDC says

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

Froedtert, ThedaCare partner on ‘micro-hospitals’

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 Ian, Massachusetts team treats 500 patients in ED tent complex at Florida hospital

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 hospital plans $16M emergency department expansion 

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.

Atlanta Medical Center shutters ED; local emergency response times soar

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. 

Hawaii cancer center turning away patients due to staff shortages

Kealakekua, Hawaii-based Kona Community Hospital is no longer accepting new patients in its medical oncology and chemotherapy infusions clinics due to staff shortages, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Oct. 13.

Ohio hospital transitions orthopedic care as it prepares to end inpatient services

St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland is transitioning its orthopedic services to Akron, Ohio-based Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center.