Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Health Network will stop providing childbirth services at its Fort Wayne-based St. Joseph Hospital May 6, reports The Journal Gazette.
Care Coordination
The emergency department serves as the primary driver of admit volume in most hospitals, accounting for more than half of hospital admissions on average. If an ED fails to function efficiently — whether due to slow discharge processes, inefficient ED…
Governors from seven states and territories are forming a coalition to study gun violence because they believe the federal government has not dedicated enough resources to the cause, according to The Hill.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said newly-appointed CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD, agreed the agency should be allowed to dedicate funding to research on gun violence, according to The Hill.
Sterile Processing is the heart of perioperative services. Without a functioning Central Sterile Processing Department, OR efficiencies and quality become questionable at best.
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Chappaqua, N.Y.-based CareMount Medical, one of the largest independent multispecialty medical groups in the state, joined CMS' Next Generation ACO model under its managed care subsidiary, CareMount ACO.
Identifying & Taking Action on Social Determinants of Health
Public health researchers are looking at the health information people search on Google to potentially link search term frequency with potential disease outbreaks, according to Futurism.
The Virginia Department of Health entered into a partnership with the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association to improve population health efforts in the state.
The American population is aging rapidly, which is changing the U.S. economy and creating a need for more medical services while overflowing retirement communities, according to USA Today.