Care Coordination

UChicago Medicine cut its nonurgent emergency department visit rates by 45% with a single initiative. The UCM Medical Home and Specialty Care Connection program launched about 20 years ago with the goal of providing patients who visited for nonurgent reasons…

Midland, Texas-based Midland Memorial Hospital is temporarily diverting all trauma surgeries due to issues with its sterilization equipment. Patients requiring trauma surgery who are transported by ambulance are being taken to alternate facilities during the diversion period, which began Feb.…

Some hospitals are still experiencing care disruptions after cold weather caused flooding issues. In late January, winter storm Fern brought heavy snow, freezing temperatures and icy conditions to 34 states and more than 200 million people. Hospitals grappled with disruptions…

In November, Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health launched a systemwide clinical trial network. The Advocate Health National Center for Clinical Trials aims to make clinical research part of routine care within the health system’s 69 hospitals, more than 1,000 care sites…

Although a growing percentage of emergency department visits require immediate treatment, throughput in EDs is improving, according to Vizient’s latest “System of CARE” report, published Feb. 5.  In the first quarter of 2025, 61% of ED visits were emergent, meaning…

North Carolina’s first pediatric-only medical helicopter is ready for liftoff, Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health said Feb. 6.  ECU Health is launching the aircraft, which is designed as an intensive care unit and equipped with specialized neonatal and pediatric equipment, according…

WVU Medicine Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital opened a neonatal intensive care unit Feb. 6, Fox affiliate WTOV9 reported. The upgraded unit features specialized equipment and NICU-trained staff. It will allow premature and high-risk infants to be treated locally rather than being…

Clinical leaders across the country are well aware of the challenges individuals face when they are uninsured: delays in care and worsening health conditions, which ultimately lead to more complex and costly treatment. The prospect of a widening pool of…

Nearly one-third of physicians enrolled in Medicaid don’t treat patients covered by the program, according to a study published Feb. 2 in Health Affairs. A team led by researchers at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University analyzed physician enrollment files…

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health activated systemwide emergency operations Feb. 4 to manage a large-scale carbon monoxide exposure at Milligan (Tenn.) University. Ballad Health received more than 300 patients across seven hospitals following the discovery of a carbon monoxide leak…