Care Coordination

West Reading, Pa.-based Reading Health System is planning a $354 million medical building at Reading Hospital in West Reading, according to a Reading Eagle report.  

Healthcare system Mercy — a member of Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners — has joined forces with University Hospital Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland to enhance children's emergency care.

Corona (Calif.) Regional Medical Center has announced it will close its pediatric inpatient services Sept. 6, according to a report from The Press-Enterprise.

The following 25 accountable care organizations have been announced since the end of May. (Note: Number 1 involves five ACOs, Numbers 6 and 7 both involve two ACOs, and Number 11 involves two ACOs.)

Carthage, Ill.-based Memorial Hospital has announced plans to construct office buildings and a dementia housing complex, according to a report from the Journal News.

Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, which serves communities across Iowa and Illinois, is one of three recipients of the American Hospital Association's 2013 Circle of Life Award, a prize bestowed upon palliative care programs that are efficient, effective, interdisciplinary and…

Five University of California medical centers — in Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco — will be training nurses to integrate palliative care methods into intensive care unit protocols, thanks to a grant from the University of…

Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Dominican Hospital and parent company Dignity Health in San Francisco, Calif., will support Santa Cruz Women's Health Center as it expands a satellite location in Live Oak, Calif., into a full-service family clinic, according to a report…

Among the newest updates to Plant City-based South Florida Baptist Hospital will be a $5.5 million pair of operating rooms, according to a report from The Ledger.

Plaza Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, is starting construction on a freestanding emergency center in Burleson, Texas, according to a Star-Telegram report.