Care Coordination

Title: Keeping Your Surgeons Satisfied — The Role of Anesthesia Management in Meeting Their Demands and Optimizing the OR

Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City has been awarded a $9.4 million grant to set up an urgent care facility to treat some patients displaced by the closing of St. Vincent's Medical Center, according to a report in The…

Children's Medical Center Dallas plans to build a $21 million, 34,000-square-foot outpatient specialty center in Southlake, Texas, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News.

Several California hospitals will begin using bundled fees, which include both facility and physician fees, when billing for hip and knee replacements, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.

Valencia County (N.M.) has revived plans to build a new hospital that have been postponed since 2006, according to a report by NewsWest 9.

Minnesota's plan to transfer its health program for the poor to 17 hospitals is meeting resistance from hospitals, according to a report by the Free Press.

York (Neb.) General Hospital has announced a new construction project for the 25-bed facility, according to a report by the Lincoln Journal Star.

A new governance proposal being considered by Georgia's Board of Regents would create a new board to oversee a health system that includes the Medical College of Georgia, its affiliated hospital, clinics and physician groups, according to a report in…

Palomar Pomerado Health, a two-hospital system in northern San Diego County, has merged with a medical group consisting of 43 physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, according to a report by the San Diego Tribune.

Anesthesiologists sometimes do not bring in other team members when cases are waiting and when number of operating rooms currently running is less than allocated in an anesthesia group staffing agreement, according to a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.