Participants from the Best Practices Innovation Collaborative of the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care have identified five core principles of effective team-based healthcare in a new report (pdf).
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Riverton (Wyo.) Memorial Hospital announced the adoption of a new process to improve patient flow in its emergency department.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program approved a $31.8 million loan to Boone Memorial Hospital in Madison, W.Va., for a new hospital, according to a Charleston Gazette report.
Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth has broken ground on its estimated $100 million West Shore Hospital on its Cumberland Campus in Mechanicsburg, Pa., according to a CBS 21 report.
Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center, part of Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System, announced plans for a new breast cancer facility.
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Tacoma, Wash.-based Franciscan Health System and Seattle Children's Hospital announced a new partnership for neonatal care beginning in early 2013.
Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., is set to open its $175 million pavilion, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark., debuted its new $35 million East Tower, according to a local ABC report.
Christus Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi, Texas, part of Irving, Texas-based Christus Health, is renovating the emergency department at its Christus Spohn Hospital Kleberg in Kingsville, Texas, according to a Corpus Christi Caller Times report.
Morton Hospital in Taunton, Mass., part of Boston-based Steward Health Care System, announced plans for an approximately $18 million new emergency department.