The National Governors Association announced that six states will participate in a new program to help health systems ensure better provision of services for super-utilizers — patients who frequently use the emergency room, hospital inpatient services and other high-cost forms…
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Aetna has announced a new accountable care agreement with New Haven (Conn.) Community Medical Group, an integrated network of 591 care providers.
"If you build it, they will come" may be true in the field of baseball, but not necessarily in healthcare. Increasingly, if you build a hospital, people won't come — not until they're really sick. No surprise. These days, patients…
Hill Physicians Medical Group in San Ramon, Calif., is giving credit to its participation in accountable care organizations for performance improvements and reducing the overall cost of care, according to a Sacramento Business Journal report.
In a recent TeleTracking blog, Paige Patterson, RN, a relief hospital manager at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, discussed the value of having an automated capacity management system in place when dealing with a crisis.
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Detroit Medical Center announced that its Harper University Hospital in Detroit will unveil an estimated $10 million emergency department July 29.
Kenmore (N.Y.) Mercy Hospital announced that construction of its $14 million emergency department is almost complete.
Emergency department physicians are now one of the major decision-makers in hospitals, according to a recent RAND Corp. report. More than half of hospital admissions come from the ED, making this department an important factor in hospital revenue and costs.…
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County in New Albany, Miss., announced that it will break ground on a $12 million emergency department expansion Aug. 16, according to a Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal report.
St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake in Clearlake, Calif., announced that it has completed a $12 million expansion of its emergency department, according to a Lake County News report.