A team at Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center safely transferred 44 neonatal intensive care patients to the hospital’s new patient tower. More than 100 Wellstar physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and caregivers participated in the transfer, according to a…
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Cleveland Clinic has established an enterprise Center for Trauma and named longtime MetroHealth trauma leader, Jeffrey Claridge, MD, to lead it as the system pursues level 1 verification for its main campus. Dr. Claridge, who will serve as enterprise medical…
West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health has begun an affiliation with Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health to expand regional care. “We are pleased to begin an affiliation with Jefferson Health, built on our shared commitment to expanding access to high-quality care close to…
HCA Healthcare’s acquisition of Valesco was initially a financial drag. Now, executives say the physician platform is stabilizing costs, strengthening payer negotiations and giving the company greater control over services central to hospital operations. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA fully acquired Valesco,…
Endeavor Health Elmhurst (Ill.) Hospital opened a 16-bed patient observation unit July 16 to ease emergency department crowding. The patient observation unit is an extension of the existing surgical observation unit, and is a dedicated space for patients who may…
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HCA Healthcare’s Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia, Ga., has paused most services due to flooding. The emergency room, women’s center and The Tommy and Shirley Strickland Cancer Center remain open, a health system spokesperson said in a July 21…
For CMS’ 2026 final rule, the agency broadened who can bill Medicare for patient navigation services. While the agency’s reimbursement pathway is still less than three years old, U.S. health systems have used patient navigators to help people move through…
Hospitals are rethinking their operations and infrastructure for electrophysiology services amid the specialty’s rapid growth. Electrophysiology is a specialty within cardiology through which the heart’s electrical system is treated and diagnosed. Electrophysiologists treat a range of irregular heart rate conditions…
California’s new emergency nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for acute psychiatric hospitals took effect June 1, closing a regulatory gap that had left freestanding psychiatric facilities without mandated minimums for more than two decades. But leaders are raising concerns about behavioral healthcare…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and OrthoCarolina have extended their longstanding affiliation to expand orthopedic services. Through the new agreements, Atrium Health’s Musculoskeletal Institute will align with OrthoCarolina, focusing on improving outcomes, patient experience and efficiency, according to a July 13…