Connecticut’s emergency department boarding rates declined to 38.1% in 2025 from 38.7% in 2024, even as patient volumes increased, according to a public dashboard from the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians. The dashboard, launched with 2024 data and later updated…
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Cincinnati Children’s is taking a broad, collaborative approach to providing pediatric care. In February, the system partnered with a fifth hospital and its fourth partnership outside of Ohio. Its partners include Lexington-based Golisano Children’s at University of Kentucky, Peyton Manning…
ChristianaCare, a four-hospital system based in Wilmington, Del., is expanding its network with specialized pediatric services from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. On April 1, the two organizations launched their affiliation at ChristianaCare’s Center for Women’s & Children’s Health in Newark,…
Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System will develop a solid organ transplant program at Tampa-based St. Joseph’s Hospital in partnership with Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine. BayCare expects to begin performing kidney transplants in 2027, according to a March 31 news release from…
Hospitals and health systems have continued to close maternity units, citing ongoing financial challenges, workforce shortages and declining birth rates. However, in rural Kansas, AdventHealth Ottawa — part of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth — recently restored labor and delivery services…
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HCA Florida Healthcare has launched a new air ambulance service aimed at cutting emergency transport times nearly in half for rural communities in western North Central Florida. The service, HCA Florida AirLife, began transporting patients last week through a partnership…
Fairfax, Va.-based Inova Health is redefining primary care with services designed to meet patients where they work and live. “Meeting our patients where they are isn’t a tagline — it’s how we design care,” Craig Cheifetz, MD, president of Inova…
In the last year, health systems across the country have been implementing innovative primary care models to meet rising demand for appointments and address physician burnout. Nationally, primary care physician supply is expected to meet 73% of demand by 2037;…
The nursing staff at a Providence hospital in Oregon helped design a new unit space that the organization said will improve care coordination and increase capacity. Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City, Ore., involved its nursing staff in…
Every year, it seems hospital and healthcare leaders try new strategies to expand patient care and access across their markets. This year, a popular choice is to expand after-hour care. “This isn’t just a tweak around the edges,” MetroHealth President…