Cincinnati Children’s will launch a dedicated helicopter transport service in February to improve access for critically ill pediatric patients. The organization will partner with Denver-based Air Methods, which owns and operates medical transport helicopters nationwide, to provide the aircraft and…
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WVU Medicine Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston, W.Va., opened a pediatric subspeciality and telemedicine clinic Dec. 5 to connect patients in the region to specialists at the WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s Hospital, which is part of the system’s flagship…
As more than 700 hospitals prepare to implement CMS’ Transforming Episode Accountability Model on Jan. 1, Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health is not starting from scratch. Through TEAM, CMS will hold participating hospitals responsible for the care quality, costs and…
Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine said its capacity command center, M2C2, achieved six measurable efficiency gains in its first two years of operation, according to a Dec. 5 news release. M2C2 cost $2.1 million to build and $1.5 million annually to…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham plans to consolidate two inpatient burn units in Boston into a single program housed at the Sumner M. Redstone Burn Center on the Massachusetts General Hospital campus, a health system spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. The…
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Cleveland Clinic will join the provider network of 22 Health — a health marketplace division of Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare System’s Community Care Plan — in 2026. The agreement, effective Jan. 1, will give 22 Health members access to…
Vizient projects an 8% increase in emergent cases, defined as those needing immediate attention, across U.S. emergency departments from 2025 to 2035. Benjamin Abella, MD, system chair of the emergency medicine department at New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine…
On Nov. 21, Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center’s Mettu Children’s Hospital joined a statewide initiative aimed at expanding access to specialized pediatric care. The Kentucky Children’s Hospital Affiliate Network connects hospitals like Mettu Children’s to pediatric specialists at Lexington, Ky.-based Golisano…
For years, hospitals have been winding down pediatric services. At the same time, workforce pressures are especially acute in pediatrics, where compensation is lower and training longer than other areas of medicine. If left unchecked, these combined pressures could significantly…
In the past 12 months, community hospitals experienced a 10.6% increase in the average direct cost per case, while academic medical centers saw an 11.5% higher cost, according to a report from Sg2, a Vizient company. Between the second quarter…