Several Pennsylvania hospitals have seen increases in volume as former patients of Carbondale, Pa.-based Marian Community Hospital, which closed Feb. 28, seek care elsewhere, according to a Scranton Times-Tribune report.
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Salem, Ore.-based Salem Health announced its Salem (Ore.) Hospital and West Valley Hospital in Dallas, Ore., will test their triage, transport and patient tracking processes May 1.
Ocean Medical Center in Brick, N.J., has broken ground on an $85 million expansion project, according to an Asbury Park Press report.
The Department of Health & Human Services has finalized its Community First Choice rule, a new state plan option under Medicaid, and announced the participants in the Independence At Home Demonstration, which encourages primary care practices to provide home-based care…
Hospitals can use data to develop tools that accurately predict emergency department visits, according to a study in Emergency Medicine Journal.
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore announced it will open new adult and pediatric emergency departments April 29.
At 554 hospital emergency department visits per 1,000 people, Ohio had the sixth-highest ED visit rate in the United States in 2010, according to a Middletown Journal report.
Affinity Medical Center in Massillon, Ohio, has broken ground on a $9 million emergency room expansion, according to an Independent report.
The amount of bariatric surgery performed in the U.S. has plateaued in recent years, due to factors such as the recession, according to an American Medical News report.