Care Coordination

Hospitals in New Hampshire and across the U.S. have stopped delivering babies amid decreased demand, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.

Despite snakes killing or crippling 500,000 people worldwide, venom reversing drugs are too expensive and rare in some countries, but one California chemist is developing injectable nanoparticles that will neutralize a snake bite, according to The New York Times.  

Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center reopened as scheduled at 9 a.m. Oct. 15, according to the Valley Voice.

As the number of elderly Americans with chronic conditions and multiple comorbidities increases, and patient care moves to innovative outpatient models, non-emergency medical transportation is a category that will continue to grow in both importance and utilization.

Infants born before 37 weeks of gestation face a higher rate of maltreatment, according to a study published in Annals of Epidemiology.

Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital will take over operations of Canton, Ohio-based Aultman Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit and maternal fetal medicine practice under a new agreement, according to Crain's Cleveland Business.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare closed a freestanding emergency room in Cypress, Texas, after acquiring North Cypress Medical Center in September, according to Community Impact Newspaper.

Roughly 260 Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Medical Center employees were selected to test drive electric cars as part of a joint program between the hospital and General Motors, according to WNEP 16 News.

A nearly two-fold variation exists in breast cancer rates across the nation's 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas, according to a study from Doximity.  

Since August 2018, about 60 percent of calls answered by officials with the Allegheny County Department of Aging concerned how a dispute between Pittsburgh rivals Highmark Health and UPMC will affect seniors' Medicare Advantage coverage, according to Trib Live.