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Care Coordination

Phoenix-based Banner Health Network and UnitedHealthcare are launching an accountable care organization in Arizona that will provide coordinated care to approximately 50,000 UnitedHealthcare members.

Aetna and Cleveland-based UniversityHospitals have launched an accountable care organization, which covers 22,000 Aetna members who receive care from UH physicians, according to a Cleveland Plain Dealer report.

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Tenet Healthcare Corp., based in Dallas, and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana have signed a new multi-year contract and are launching an accountable care organization for Humana's Medicare Advantage members in Atlanta.

Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., has four chillers cooling the facility, and all four must be fully functioning to properly cool the hospital. But in 2009, one of the 500-ton chillers suddenly failed.

The drug and saline shortages can throw a wrench in typical supply chain practices. Here are five stories from the past three months discussing tips to deal with these shortages.

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