A severe thunder and hailstorm caused flooding inside White River Junction (Vt.) VA Medical Center on May 17, prompting the hospital to relocate its emergency department. The ED was moved within the medical center’s campus, from its Mountains building to…
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Hackensack University Medical Center’s pediatric emergency department has significantly reduced patient wait times and its left-before-treatment-complete rate through a series of targeted patient-flow improvements. In 2022, patient volumes hit a record high at the pediatric ED — part of Joseph…
St. Louis-based Ascension is on track to reduce avoidable emergency department visits by 5% within just two years across most of the markets it operates in across 19 states. Behind this progress is a deep commitment to addressing social determinants…
Orlando, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health and Studer Family Children’s Hospital – part of Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Fla.) — have partnered to improve access to specialty pediatric care across Northwest Florida. Three notes: 1. Under the new strategic arrangement, Nemours…
Imagine being responsible for the full 30-day post-discharge care of your surgical patients, including costs and outcomes. This isn’t a hypothetical scenario; it’s the reality of the TEAM initiative, launching in 2026. Time is running out to prepare for this new…
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Annie Penn Hospital, part of Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health, is postponing surgeries amid a water outage affecting the city of Reidsville, N.C., where the hospital is located. The hospital began experiencing a water outage in the early morning hours of…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is investing nearly $400 million over five years into enhancing primary care. “Primary care is in crisis nationwide as physician shortages, rising administrative burden and accompanying burnout, inadequate reimbursement and overwhelming demand outpaces available resources,”…
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (N.J.) opened a rapid decision unit, mycentraljersey.com reported May 11. The 18-room unit will care for emergency department patients who do not need to be admitted but require further evaluation or monitoring to determine…
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is expanding primary care access in Georgia through a new collaboration with the digital medical practice Galileo. The effort will allow Emory patients to access on-demand virtual primary care, as well as same-day or next-day appointments in…
In today’s healthcare landscape, operational efficiency is not a luxury — it is a necessity, according to Paul Hinchey, MD, COO of Cleveland-based University Hospitals. Operational challenges, including access to care and capacity constraints, remain top of mind for health…