Care Coordination

Novant Health, a 19-hospital system headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., has partnered with the North Carolina State Health Plan — which is administered by Aetna — to expand access to “no-cost surgical care” for hundreds of thousands of plan members across…

A discharge lounge boom is on the horizon, yet many systems are struggling to find the best practices for implementation. Discharge lounges are specialized spaces that give patients a quiet place to relax during the discharge process while hospitals turn…

With the U.S. physician shortage projected to surpass 137,000 by 2037, improving patient access cannot rely on pushing physicians to see more patients, according to a Feb. 26 McKinsey article. In McKinsey’s 2025 Physician Survey, 83% of physicians said they…

Issues with sterilization equipment prompted Los Robles Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., to cancel procedures for several days beginning Feb. 19, according to a Feb. 25 report from the Ventura County Star. The news outlet obtained a Feb. 22 email…

Cincinnati Children’s and Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s are partnering to expand access to pediatric heart care. The partnership will expand access to pediatric cardiology, congenital heart care and complex pediatric heart surgery in the Pacific Northwest, according to…

Hospitals and health systems are still managing operational disruptions after a severe winter storm swept through the Northeast Feb. 23. The heaviest snowfall from Winter Storm Hernando receded the night of Feb. 23, though heavy winds continued to cause white-out…

Health systems are responding to fragmented behavioral healthcare delivery in different ways: expanding telepsychiatry in rural states, building pediatric health hubs that integrate mental and physical health on one campus, launching behavioral health urgent cares, and investing in navigators and…

Blizzard conditions are battering the Northeast U.S., complicating care delivery for many hospitals and health systems in the region. Three things to know about the snowstorm and its effects on health systems: 1. The storm. A powerful winter storm strengthened…

Wolfson Children’s Hospital will broaden its clinical collaboration with Nemours Children’s Health, with Nemours clinicians set to provide additional inpatient and outpatient specialty services starting in March. Four things to know: 1. The Jacksonville, Fla.-based organizations have collaborated for decades,…

So far in 2026, about half a dozen U.S. hospitals and health systems have said they plan to expand rehabilitation services as organizations aim to ease capacity strains and meet rising demand.  In January, Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System…