Care Coordination

Sanpete Valley Hospital in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, has announced the impending opening of its new surgery center, created in partnership with Intermountain Health, according to a Daily Herald report.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services and Swedish Health Services in Seattle have announced a plan to form an accountable care network for self-insured companies and payors in western Washington by 2014.

St. Lucie Medical Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla., has begun a $9.3 million emergency department expansion project, according to a TC Palm report.  

From May 9 to 11, hospital and health system leaders will gather at the 4th Annual Becker's Hospital Review Meeting in Chicago to participate in a panel discussion on the best ideas for accountable care organizations, physician-hospital organizations and shared…

University of Wisconsin Health is set to begin construction on a $220 million medical campus in Madison, according to the Wisconsin State Journal report.  

In 2011, Americans spent $45 billion out-of-pocket on retail prescription drugs, according to a data brief by the National Center for Health Statistics.

Having been a part of the team that established The Spine Institute of Connecticut at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., Aris Yannopoulos, MD, chairman of orthopedic surgery at Saint Francis and research director of the institute,…

Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., has announced that its expansion plans will be placed before the Montgomery County Planning Board for review on April 18, according to a Bethesda Now report.

Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kan., has completed its $22 million expansion project, according to a Leader & Times Online report.

Methodist Health System in Dallas has been making giant strides in its accountable care strategy recently. In March, the system announced 26 Methodist Family Health Center physicians were recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as members of patient-centered…