Care Coordination

Longer emergency department length of stay was associated with greater daily admissions, periods of ambulance diversion and weekdays, according to a study in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Providence, R.I.-based Care New England Health System and Brown University have signed an affiliation agreement to strengthen ties between Women & Infants and Butler Hospitals and Brown's Alpert Medical School.

Here are eight hospitals that opened or broke ground on a new facility in the past two months, beginning with the most recent.

Many hospital operating rooms have daily huddles — multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss problems and strategies for success. Here are four examples of OR daily huddles in action.

Black River Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo., is opening today, according to a KFVS report.

Medford, Mass.-based Hallmark Health System announced the launch of a new patient-centered transfer process for patients admitted from the emergency department.

Here are 14 expansions in pediatrics, imaging and other specialties hospitals and health systems announced in the past two months, beginning with the most recent.

St. John Medical System in Tulsa, Okla., delayed the $147 million purchase of its new hospital in Broken Arrow to avoid heavy losses during the hospital's startup, according to a Tulsa World report.

Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora announced the opening of its new $11 million outpatient specialty care center in Colorado Springs.

Memorial Hospital Los Banos (Calif.), a 46-bed hospital part of Sacramento-based Sutter Health, announced it will partner with Galen Inpatient Physicians to improve throughput processes and quality of care in its inpatient department.