New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, a 46-hospital system, has joined Hall of Fame Health as its exclusive partner in the Gulf South region. 

As the eagerly awaited total solar eclipse approaches, cities along its path of totality are bracing for an influx of visitors, prompting hospitals to implement various precautionary measures.

What is care coordination? Coordination of care is the process of organizing and integrating health care services for patients across care settings and providers.

The obstetrics, labor and delivery program at Nacogdoches (Texas) Memorial Hospital remains suspended as hospital operations transition from a private company back to the local hospital district, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.

Referral leakage is a common problem among specialty providers, with the American College of Physicians (ACP) reporting that up to half of referrals to specialists are never completed.

Hospitals in Santa Clara County's public health system in California are gearing up to limit potential disruptions to patient care as more than 3,700 nurses plan to strike in early April. 

Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Los Robles Medical Center continues to face state citations due to understaffing and a lack of care for patient well-being and consistently ranks above the statewide average of complaints, local news outlet The Echo reported March 26.

The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic produced an average savings of $8,705 per patient by providing virtual second opinions, a recent analysis found.

After a cargo ship reportedly lost power and hit Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge at about 2 a.m. March 26, the bridge collapsed. Employees not on call at the University of Maryland Medical Center soon began calling to ask if the hospital's trauma center needed volunteers. 

Beginning April 1, Seton Medical Center Coastside in Moss Beach, Calif., will temporarily close while structural repairs caused by storm damage are made. 

About 40% of patients with chronic conditions believe their treatment burden is unsustainable, leading to poorer quality of life and not following medical advice. Advocates are pushing to simplify the process, The Washington Post reported March 24. 

A recent report showed Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health, which benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the U.S., has a nearly 11-hour median wait time for emergency department patients, KFF Health News reported March 25.

More than half a dozen surgeries at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville were reportedly canceled March 21 and rescheduled amid ongoing issues related to surgical instruments not being properly reprocessed.

Specialists with Penn State Health Children's Hospital in Hershey, Pa., are now providing nonemergency surgical services at the health system's hospital in Lancaster, about 25 miles south. 

First responders are concerned about how a major expansion project at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento may affect ambulance wait times, according to a March 19 CBS News Sacramento report. 

A fire at Boston-based Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center damaged the MRI suite and could impact MRI patient care for the foreseeable future, CBS News reported March 19.

 A South Bay physician has asked the California Department of Public Health to conduct an "impact assessment" of Scripps Health's recent decision to close the labor and delivery unit at Scripps Mercy Chula Vista (Calif.) Hospital and transfer obstetrics services 12 miles north to its Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego campus. 

West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton, Fla., has opened a "fast-track" emergency department facility steps away from its main ED, where patients with less severe medical needs can be treated more efficiently. 

M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, Minn., is reducing emergency department boarding with modular units that expand its ED footprint, allowing more patients to be seen.

More patients are being transferred out of Mount Sinai Beth Israel's emergency room as the hospital closes down services, Politico reported March 13.