Care Coordination

Ventura (Calif.) County Medical Center has been issued a $360 million bond by the Ventura County board of supervisors, according to a Ventura County Star report.  

Augusta, Ga.-based University Health Care System will soon begin construction of its $30 million hospital in Thomson, Ga., according to a report by The Augusta Chronicle.

Medical staff at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, Calif., are calling for an emergency department expansion to stem what they say are dangerous crowding levels, according to a Contra Costa Times report.

Physicians who are part of value-based care delivery models believe the pharmaceutical industry can play a larger role in accountable care organizations and other value-based models, according to a survey conducted by Oliver Wyman.

Des Moines-based Iowa Health System today announced it will change its name to UnityPoint Health, effective immediately.

San Antonio is the seventh-largest U.S. city by population and second-largest in Texas. A year ago, it was one of the only large cities in the country without a freestanding children's hospital; New York City and San Jose, Calif., were…

Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System will open its $34 million freestanding emergency department in Middleton, Del., Tuesday, according to a Middleton Transcript report.  

Memorial Hermann Katy (Texas) Hospital announced plans to construct a $70 million patient tower on its campus, according to a report by The Rancher.

In an effort to improve care for young patients, hospitals and health systems are expanding and renovating their pediatric facilities. Here are six of the largest pediatric expansions in the past month, starting with the most recent.

Nearly 9 percent of Veterans Health Administration patients visited an emergency department once in 2010, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.