What capabilities will are necessary for hospitals to remain successful in the future? And more importantly, how do organizations develop those capabilities?
Care Coordination
The headline might be a little presumptive, but as I listened to Toby Cosgrove, MD, president and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, speak at the Hospital of Tomorrow leadership forum earlier today, I made a short list of a few…
Tools such as predictions for geographical emergency department need and use and care navigators for ED super-utilizers are spreading, creating significant savings and increases in quality of care, according to a report published on NJ.com.
Endless Mountains Health Systems in Montrose, Pa., will open its replacement facility in Montrose Nov. 18, according to a report by The Times-Tribune.
Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center has opened its pediatric emergency department, according to a Charleston Regional Business Journal report.
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Indiana Regional Medical Center in Indiana, Pa., has broken ground on a $55 million expansion and renovation project, known as the Centennial Building Project, according to a report by The Dispatch.
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford (Conn.) has opened the $9.1 million Comprehensive Women's Health Center in Hartford, according to a report by The Hartford Courant.
St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake (Calif.) has completed an emergency department expansion, according to a Lake County News report.
Improving patient load and patient flow may accelerate progress toward quality care, according to a perspective published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Optimization's 14-hospital pilot program to reduce hospital "bottlenecks" — when inefficiencies result from increased patient volumes — has been highly successful, in some cases doubling patient capacities, according to a report in NJ Spotlight.