Care Coordination

Davie-based HCA Florida Healthcare is rolling out a free 24/7 nurse consultation line for Florida residents, the organization said April 7. 

Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System is closing the emergency department and ending inpatient care at Atlanta Medical Center South in May. 

Hackensack Meridian Old Bridge (N.J.) Medical Center recently opened a $39 million dollar emergency department. 

Although Medicaid expansion decreased hospital closures, it has had little effect on obstetric service closures, an April Health Affairs study found.

Construction on De Queen, Ark.-based Sevier County Medical Center could be delayed after a break-in at the facility March 31 in which installed copper lines and other items and tools were stolen.

Wolfson Children's Hospital and Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville (Fla.) opened the new Borowy Family Children's Critical Care Tower April 5, which cost $224 million to build.

A burst pipe April 2 caused the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington to close all but two of its 22 operating rooms, postponing 49 scheduled surgeries. 

Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center in Reno opened to the public April 4 and adds 170 beds to the region, the Reno Gazette Journal reported.

UVM Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, N.Y., is closing the hospital's maternity unit and adopting a regional approach to obstetrical care, hospital officials said in a March 29 news release.  

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