New Milford (Conn.) Hospital, a part of Danbury, Conn.-based Western Connecticut Health Network, announced that the health network has presented the New Milford Zoning Commission with plans for a $10.8 million emergency department at its facility.
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Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health announced that it will collaborate with Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo to provide cardiac care at its Gates Vascular Institute, also in Buffalo.
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, based in Great Neck, N.Y., has entered into a clinical collaboration agreement with CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic.
Here are two recent examples of initiatives that have reduced emergency department visits by frequent ED users.
Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Medical Center has announced its plans to embark on a $5 million expansion and renovation of its emergency department.
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Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C., has received approval from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's board of directors, its parent company, to begin a $19.8 million expansion of its emergency department, according to a report by The Charlotte Observer.
In January 2012, St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, part of Des Moines-based Iowa Health System, embarked on an initiative to reduce patients' non-emergency visits to the emergency department. Under St. Luke's ED Consistent Care Program, a committee of providers…
Shriners Hospitals for Children-St. Louis has announced plans to build a $47 million replacement facility.
Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare will soon open its Cedar Park (Texas) Hospital, an emergency care facility, according to an American-Statesman report.
Ft. Myers, Fla.-based Lee Memorial Health System announced it has filed a letter of intent with Florida healthcare authorities to build an 80-bed hospital in Estero, Fla., according to a report by the News-Press.