Care Coordination

Here are four strategies hospitals are using to optimize patient flow.

Here are five ways effective communication in and out of the operating room can improve OR efficiency.

The Ohio State University Medical Center, based in Columbus, is being renamed Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University in honor of benefactor Leslie H. Wexner, according to a health system news release.

Mercer University in Atlanta, has announced a partnership with The Medical Center, part of Columbus Regional Healthcare System, and St. Francis Hospital, both located in Columbus, Ga., to establish a Columbus campus for The Mercer School of Medicine, according to…

Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, Calif., will gain Level III trauma status, effective March 1 through June 20, 2013, according to a report by The Tribune.

Santa Barbara (Calif.) Cottage Hospital has moved 102 patients to its new hospital, marking the completion of the fourth stage of a large-scale construction project, according to a Noozhawk report.

Emergency department utilization and inpatient costs decreased for uninsured, low-income adults enrolled in a community-based primary care program, according to a study in Health Affairs.

Patients under the age of five experienced the highest volume of emergency department visits in 2009, according to statistics published by AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Both Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, and Peninsula Cancer Center in Poulsbo, Wash., have proposed building a cancer treatment center in the central Kenai Peninsula in Alaska — an area they say needs only one such facility — but…

Appleton, Wis.-based ThedaCare is planning a new hospital to replace Shawano (Wis.) Medical Center, which integrated with ThedaCare about a year ago, according to a Shawano Leader report.