Care Coordination

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:…

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…

Emergency departments see the most firearm-related injuries on the Fourth of July of any holiday, according to a CDC analysis covering nine states and Washington, D.C. Researchers analyzed more than 93,000 ED visits across the 10 jurisdictions between January 2018…

Rural and community hospitals across the country are innovating to overcome challenges like rising operational costs, geographic isolation, patient access, and outmigration. An emerging practical and transformative solution is hospital at home, which we often refer to as health at…

As the older adult population grows, health systems are expanding community care, virtual visits and home-based models to better meet their evolving needs.  By 2050, there will be 82 million adults aged 65 and older in the U.S. — a…

Firearm injuries send patients to the emergency department every 30 minutes, on average, according to a new CDC study examining trends from nine states and Washington, D.C. The study, published April 15 in Annals of Internal Medicine, is the largest…