Care Coordination

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced the opening of the new $7 million Mount Sinai Hospital Health Clinic in Chicago.

Denton (Texas) Regional Medical Center has opened an urgent care facility in Denton, according to a Denton Record-Chronicle report.

St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, Calif., will close its urgent care clinic Jan. 5, according to a Times-Standard report.

Hallmark Health System in Medford, Mass., announced the opening of its new urgent care center at its Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford.

Hospitals and health systems are constantly seeking new ways to improve the quality and cost of care. Increasingly, hospitals and physicians are turning to clinical integration as a strategy to jointly partner to increase quality and efficiency efforts. Clinical integration…

Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis announced the opening of a new outpatient wound care center.

Georgetown (S.C.) Hospital System announced plans for a major renovation of its Georgetown Memorial Hospital.

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services is planning a $60 million expansion of its 150-bed Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville, Minn., according to a Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal report.

Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore has completed a $9 million renovation project, according to a Bmore report.

Two Cincinnati-based health organizations — the Health Collaborative and Health Care Access Now — announced (pdf) a collaboration to address "super-utilizers" of the emergency department.