Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is investing nearly $400 million over five years into enhancing primary care. “Primary care is in crisis nationwide as physician shortages, rising administrative burden and accompanying burnout, inadequate reimbursement and overwhelming demand outpaces available resources,”…
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (N.J.) opened a rapid decision unit, mycentraljersey.com reported May 11. The 18-room unit will care for emergency department patients who do not need to be admitted but require further evaluation or monitoring to determine…
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is expanding primary care access in Georgia through a new collaboration with the digital medical practice Galileo. The effort will allow Emory patients to access on-demand virtual primary care, as well as same-day or next-day appointments in…
In today’s healthcare landscape, operational efficiency is not a luxury — it is a necessity, according to Paul Hinchey, MD, COO of Cleveland-based University Hospitals. Operational challenges, including access to care and capacity constraints, remain top of mind for health…
Delays experienced during a patient’s discharge to a post-acute care facility are one of the biggest challenges facing hospitals in the U.S., according to a report published April 30 by the American Hospital Association. The AHA’s “The Cost of Caring:…
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Lafayette, Colo.-based Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital opened a new acute care unit dedicated to older patient care. This Acute Care for the Elderly unit features 30 patient rooms, all equipped for people over 70. Patients must have a qualified…
Nearly 1 in 10 infants were admitted to a neonatal ICU in 2023 — a 13% increase since 2016, according to CDC data. National birth certificate data on NICU admissions have been available since 2016, the report said. The percentage…
Kentucky Children’s Hospital, part of Lexington, Ky.-based UK HealthCare, has launched a statewide affiliate network to expand access to pediatric care through collaboration with community hospitals. The first official affiliate, Georgetown Community Hospital, joined the network in March. The KCH…
North Carolina regulators have conditionally approved Charlotte-based Atrium Health’s request to increase its bed count, denying a bid from Winston-Salem-based Novant Health in a March 12 decision that Novant has appealed. Three notes: 1. In the fall, Atrium requested 89…
There’s a longstanding notion in healthcare that patients with low-acuity conditions are a key driver of overcrowding and boarding in emergency departments — one that emergency medicine experts describe as a misconception that distracts from real solutions. “I’m not really…