Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health is launching the area's first community paramedic program aimed at keeping patients from returning to the hospital, according to a WSET report.
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Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network hospitals in Salisbury Township, Pa. and Bethlehem, Pa., added temporary surge tents to manage increased patient volumes, from flu cases to emergency injuries, according to The Express-Times.
Community members told Nashville, Tenn.-based Meharry Medical College and Nashville (Tenn.) General Hospital officials during a meeting Tuesday to encourage the city to provide funding to maintain the full-service hospital, Nashville Public Radio reports.
Black and Hispanic kidney transplant patients are less likely than white patients to receive a kidney from a live donor, according to a study published in JAMA.
Today, many health plans prioritize improving their provider network performance and meeting government healthcare program requirements. However, with rising specialty drug costs, health plans recognize the important role outcomes-based contracting with life sciences manufacturers will play over the next five…
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Nonemergency patients seeking flu relief waited up to seven hours in the emergency departments of Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, according to a KCRG report.
There are 58 ACOs in CMS' Next Generation model for 2018, including 17 new participants, CMS data shows.
Starting Monday, the Dallas Police Department will dispatch a three-person team, which includes a behavioral health specialist from Parkland Memorial Hospital, a specially trained police officer and a specially trained paramedic to respond to mental health-related 911 calls, according to…
Over the next 20 years, the number of older adults in England diagnosed with four or more diseases will nearly double, according to a study published in Age and Ageing, the journal of the British Geriatrics Society.
Several healthcare facilities belonging to New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System reopened Jan. 18 after low water pressure forced the health system to temporarily close select facilities and cancel elective surgery operations earlier that day, The Times-Picayune reports.