Care Coordination

Here are nine hospitals that opened in the past month, beginning with the most recent.

Kevin Joseph, MD, has been CEO of West Chester (Ohio) Hospital since September 2010. He also serves as the senior vice president of UC Health in Cincinnati.

A Texas Tech anesthesiologist will receive an endowment in medical excellence next week, according to a KFYO-AM report.

Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals & Clinics announced the ground breaking of a new emergency department at WestHealth, an outpatient center in Plymouth, Minn.

Washington state is considering a proposal by emergency physicians to prevent overutilization of the emergency department by Medicaid patients, according to an American Medical News report.

This morning, some supporters of Cooper Green Mercy Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., prepared to hold a rally outside the county courthouse to protest plans to close the hospital's oncology unit, according to a Birmingham News report.

Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Fla., has opened its new $12 million Judy and Steve Turner Heart and Vascular Center, according to a Walton Sun report.

Houston-based Victory Healthcare is likely to turn one of its San Antonio facilities into an ambulatory surgery center, according to a San Antonio News report.

Crozer-Keystone Health System in Chester, Pa., plans to eliminate 325 positions throughout the system due to the increasing movement toward outpatient procedures, according to a Delco Times report.

Surgeons at the Norman Parathyroid Center in Tampa, Fla., announced today they have exceeded 18,000 patients on their "parathyroid surgery map," which documents where patients come from to undergo parathyroid surgery at the center, according to a Digital Journal report.