Care Coordination

The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City announced it has broken patient volume records in fiscal year 2012 with 28,331 inpatient discharges — a nearly 5 percent increase from last year and a 63 percent increase from 10 years…

Erie (Pa.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center union employees are holding a rally to protest the hospital's plan to close the emergency department and intensive care unit, according to an Erie Times-News report.

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System announced the opening of a new urgent care center at the outpatient University Parkway campus in Sarasota.

Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, part of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, has broken ground on a new outpatient facility, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.

Ripon (Wis.) Medical Center, part of Fond du Lac, Wis.-based Agnesian HealthCare, announced it will break ground on a new hospital Sept. 25.

Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, Calif., will open its south wing this fall.

Highly frequent use of emergency departments in New York City is associated with mental illness and substance use, according to a United Hospital Fund report.

More than 40 percent Tennesseans living in rural areas bypass local hospitals in favor of larger, non-rural hospitals farther away, according to a study (pdf) by the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Institute.

Philadelphia-based Einstein Healthcare Network plans to open its new $350 million Einstein Medical Center Montgomery in East Norriton, Pa., Sept. 29, according to a report by The Reporter.

St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, Calif., part of San Francisco-based Dignity Health, is considering building a women's center, according to a Ventura County Star report.