Care Coordination

Veterans Affairs hospitals are adopting Rapid Access Clinic models to provide veterans with better follow-up care after emergency room treatment, according to a San Marcos Corridor News report.

A study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, examined the use of e-cigarettes as well as changes in smoking behaviors.

Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, R.I., part of Providence, R.I.-based Care New England, will close its emergency department Jan. 1 and "no longer function as a hospital," according to the Rhode Island Department of Health.

A majority of healthcare providers — 65 percent — said they view gun violence as a public threat, according to a poll conducted by Medscape Medical News.

Cox Medical Center South (Springfield, Mo.). Cox Medical Center South’s campus includes the Dee Ann White Women’s and Children’s Hospital and the Hulston Cancer Center, two top destinations for female patients. The Women’s Center provides support for all types of…

Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty academic medical center that operates with an institute model. Its Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health Institute runs the gamut for women’s health, including a breast center, a chronic pelvic pain program, a fertility center, gynecology…

City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital (Duarte, Calif.). City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital, located northeast of Los Angeles in Duarte, Calif., is one of the best dedicated cancer treatment centers in the nation. It is designated a…

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles). Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a nonprofit academic medical center with more than 40 locations and more than 4,500 physicians and nurses. The health system delivers 6,700 babies a year, the most of any hospital in Los Angeles…

Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston). Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a major teaching hospital of Boston-based Harvard Medical School, is an internationally known referral center that offers routine and complex gynecologic and obstetric care. U.S. News & World Report named Brigham and…

Billings (Mont.) Clinic. Billings Clinic is a physician-led, multispecialty group practice with a hospital , making it the largest healthcare organization in Montana with a reach that spans into northern Wyoming and the western Dakotas. Its main facility includes a…