Care Coordination

The American College of Emergency Physicians' Delivery System Task Force released a report exploring the role of emergency medicine in future healthcare delivery systems.

Walgreens has launched a care transitions and medication management program intended to help hospitals reduce preventable readmissions.

The American Medical Association and more than 100 state and specialty medical societies today sent a letter to Congress outlining the principles and core elements the groups believe are needed to successfully transition to a high-performing Medicare program.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Larry D. Taylor, President and CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare, and Sean McNally, CEO of Moore Clinic will give a presentation titled "Key Relationships Between ASCs & Hospitals."

San Francisco-based Dignity Health announced it will expand its emergency department partnership with CEP America at three of its Sacramento, Calif.-area hospitals.

Johns Hopkins Medicine International, the arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine that establishes foreign partnerships, has announced a new partnership with India-based Bharat Family Clinic to establish a network of primary care clinics across India.

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., announced a new partnership to expand access to comprehensive children's specialty services in the community.

Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City, N.C., has received the green light to move forward with a $53 million expansion plan, according to a Carteret County News-Times report.

Community Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., will break ground for a new hospital campus, according to Grand Junction Free Press report.

Peter S. Fine, FACHE, has served as president and CEO of Phoenix, Ariz.-based Banner Health since November 2000.