Several health systems are tackling higher volumes with command centers, and at a seven-hospital system based in Philadelphia, a capacity management initiative is on track to become a systemwide bed management center. Since July 2025, Penn Medicine’s capacity management center…
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Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has spent the last few years implementing low-cost programs that have reduced length of stay, cut costs by millions of dollars per year and improved system operations. These initiatives all share the same traits: they are low…
Healthcare is on the forefront of innovation, but often, it’s the large expensive programs that receive the most attention. Amid financial difficulties, workforce strains and evolving technologies, system leaders are finding and developing more low-cost programs that have an outsized…
Boston-based Mass General Brigham is gearing up for what could be a unique respiratory virus season. Medical and public health experts have warned that recent changes to federal vaccine policy could limit uptake and drive up hospitalizations in the winter…
About 170 hospitals across the U.S. are at the highest risk of significant or dangerous flooding, KFF Health News reported Oct. 1. KFF used data from Fathom, a company that specializes in flood simulation, and compared flood risk by location…
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Wauwatosa, Wisc.-based Froedtert Hospital is planning to open a 24/7 specialized obstetric emergency department, it said in a Sept. 30 news release. The new ED is expected to open in spring 2026 and will take over a space previously occupied…
Sallisaw, Okla.-based Northeastern Health Systems Sequoyah evacuated patients after a storm ripped off part of the hospital’s roof, the Sequoyah County Times reported Sept. 23. A sudden storm hit the community around 5 p.m. Sept. 23, causing extensive damage to…
Davenport, Iowa-based ORA Orthopedics will end its partnership with MercyOne at the end of the year, citing a shift in values following Genesis Health System’s transition into MercyOne. “For more than 60 years, ORA Orthopedics has been proud to partner…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham will expand its eConsult program, offering patients the opportunity to provide annual preemptive consent that will allow physicians to consult specialists regarding diagnoses and care decisions, without requiring an in-person appointment. The health system will…
Recently, 10 states were recognized by WalletHub for having the best healthcare. Here, leaders of four systems based in four of those states share what program or practice they implemented to provide quality care without increasing costs. To determine where…