Care Coordination

Children's Hospital of Orange County in Orange, Calif., will soon open a $560 million expansion, according to an Orange County Register report.

CMS has announced that more than 500 healthcare organizations will start participating in its Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative.

Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., will soon break ground on a $74.1 million outpatient facility, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.

Researchers conducted a study to examine whether serial measurements of hemoglobin concentration in an emergency room could be used to determine distribution volume and clearance rate of infused bolus, according to Anesthesia-Analgesia.

Peer pressure in an emergency department increased the rate of discharge and decreased length of stay, according to a study in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Endless Mountains Health Systems in Montrose, Pa., has almost completed the construction of its $45 million replacement facility in Montrose, according to a WNEP report.

In the first six months of implementing seven best practices, Washington state emergency departments reduced Medicaid patients' "unnecessary" ED visits by 23 percent and saved costs that are estimated to reach $31 million for the fiscal year, according to a…

Eight-hospital Kettering (Ohio) Health Network has announced it will merge its home care services with Alternate Solutions HomeCare, a company also based in Kettering, according to a report by the Dayton Daily News.

Middle Tennessee Medical Center, based in Murfreesboro, could be less than 90 days from closing on a $11.4 million sale of land to Middle Tennessee State University, according to a report by the Daily News Journal.

St. Mary's Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mt. Vernon, Ill., has opened its doors and started transferring patients from the old facility to the new $237 million facility, according to a KFVS 12 report.