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Care Coordination

A subcommittee of Louisiana's Commission on Streamlining Government, chaired by Treasurer John Kennedy, recommended that efforts to rebuild the closed Charity Hospital in New Orleans should be favored over the construction of a new teaching hospital in the city, according…

Oneida (N.Y.) Healthcare Center will open its new addition, which includes a surgery center and intensive care unit, on Oct. 7, according to a report in the Madison County Courier.

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Willamette Falls Hospital in Oregon City, Ore., received state approval to move forward with its plans to merge with Providence Health & Services, according to a report in the Portland Business Journal.

National health care reform should be based on "accountable care organizations," integrated delivery systems currently used in California that link primary care and subspecialist practices with area hospitals, according to a release from California Association of Physician Groups.

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