Care Coordination

A recent study in Annals of Emergency Medicine found that reducing nonurgent visits to emergency departments may not produce cost savings for hospitals, and instead, hospitals should focus on reducing admissions and improving ED efficiency to cut costs while keeping…

Patient navigator programs could help hospitals improve their resource utilization with emergency departments, according to a post at CEP America's Acute Care Continuum blog.

A joint venture between HCA's Brentwood, Tenn.-based TriStar Health System and urgent care center chain CareSpot may bring as many as 15 urgent care centers to Tennessee in 2013, according to a news release.

Objective Health has launched a new performance management tool that can help hospital leaders track key performance metrics for population health.

Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas, recently partnered with CEP America on its emergency department management solutions.

Longview (Texas) Regional Medical Center will begin an expansion project to double the size of the facility.

Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola, Ind., has secured a $42 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to build a replacement hospital, according to a WANE report.

Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City, N.C. has applied for a certificate of need to build a new cancer center at an estimated cost of $20 million, according to a Daily News report.

Warren, Mich.-based St. John Providence Health System announced its St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit has renamed its pediatric services St. John Providence Children's Hospital.

St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, La., is projected to open in August, according to a Times-Picayune report.