Care Coordination

Kettering Health Network has permanently closed the operating rooms at Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia, Ohio, according to the Dayton Daily News. 

Houston Methodist officially inked a multiyear contract with UnitedHealthcare that took effect June 1, according to the Houston Chronicle. 

St. Joseph's Hospital in Elmira, N.Y., closed its emergency department June 1, according to TV station WETM. 

Several health systems in Chicago canceled elective procedures June 1 after a weekend packed with public transit disruptions and protests following the death of George Floyd, according to The Chicago Tribune. 

Collective Medical, delivering the leading ADT-based network for real-time care collaboration, today announced a solution to support home health agencies in coordinating care for COVID-19 patients.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health opened acute ventilator recovery units at two hospitals to help wean severely ill COVID-19 patients off ventilators and ease their transition to a rehab facility, the health system said June 1. 

Fewer Americans are concerned about exposure to COVID-19 while making a necessary medical visit, according to Gallup poll results. 

Tanya Arthur, senior vice president and CIO of Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, is working diligently to support caregivers as well as an aging population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following hospitals and health systems have recently loosened COVID-19-related visitor restrictions or plan to soon. 

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine and UnitedHealth Group have partnered to launch a digital mental health program called Cobalt.