Care Coordination

Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, N.Y., has announced the opening of a Level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Measures of emergency department utilization should be standardized, because reporting ED encounters compared with ED patients provides different views of utilization, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center in Dickinson, N.D., will start construction on its new community hospital and medical complex this summer, nearly five to seven years earlier than originally planned, according to a New England Cable News report.

TeamHealth in Knoxville, Tenn., has announced a partnership with Emergency Billing Group and Memorial Hospital in Martinsville, Va.

St. Mary's Community Hospital in Nebraska City, Neb., plans to build a $47 million hospital that will offer both inpatient and outpatient services, according to a Nebraska City News Press report.

The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City announced the opening of an inpatient surgical facility and the planned opening of two new satellite clinics on the campus.

Jeff Wood, RN, vice president of hospital-based services at TeamHealth, and Barbara Blevins, COO of hospital-based services for TeamHealth, discuss six best practices for running a successful, cost-efficient and efficient emergency department.

The Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center in Lavonia, Ga., has officially opened, according to an Independent Mail report.

Dallas-based Methodist Health System has announced plans to add a $120 million, 125-bed acute care hospital at its Methodist Richardson Medical Center Bush/Renner location in Richardson, Texas.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is opening a new $250 million hospital in Monroeville, Pa., according to an Essential Public Radio report.