Community Health Systems’ Northwest Healthcare to acquire 10 Carbon Health Urgent Care Centers
Northwest Urgent Care, LLC, a Tucson, Arizona, subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc., has signed an agreement to acquire 10 Arizona urgent care centers from Carbon Health.
Northwest Urgent Care, LLC is part of Northwest Healthcare’s integrated healthcare network serving Tucson and its surrounding communities. This strategic acquisition will expand capacity and increase Northwest Healthcare’s network to more than 80 sites of care when the transaction is completed in the fourth quarter of this year.
UPMC and VA Healthcare–VISN 4 announce rollout of Community Nurse Liaison Program to assist veterans
VISN 4 announced a Pennsylvania statewide rollout of the VA–UPMC Community Nurse Liaison Program, extending services to veterans by offering care coordination, better hospital admission and discharge planning and improved inpatient experiences. Community nurse liaisons help improve care provision and ensure that post-emergency follow-up care is directed in a way that best meets veterans’ needs.
Joel Yuhas, executive vice president, UPMC, and president, UPMC Health Services Division, along with Timothy W. Liezert, network director, VA Healthcare–VISN 4, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) implementing the Community Nurse Liaison program at eight UPMC hospitals. The Program enhances and expands VISN 4’s collaboration with UPMC, providing a seamless transition of care for veterans after an inpatient stay by coordinating discharges, identifying veterans who are not in the VA system and enrolling new veterans into VA health care.
Intermountain Health recognized as best healthcare employer in Nevada by Forbes
Intermountain Health was recognized as the top healthcare employer in Nevada in the 2024 Forbes Best Employers. This is the first time Intermountain Health has landed on the Forbes list for Nevada. Overall, Intermountain was sixth employer rated among all companies in the Silver State.
Intermountain entered the Nevada area with the acquisition of Healthcare Partners in mid-2019. Now, the healthcare system has over 65 clinics in Southern Nevada, stretched from Pahrump to Mesquite.
A new 90,000 square foot healthcare facility, the Badura Clinic, was also recently announced with a groundbreaking in May. This new building that is located southwest Las Vegas will house numerous clinics and services including pediatrics, women’s health, adult primary care, senior primary care, and cancer care that includes radiation and oncology.
Vizient and Qualtrics announce strategic partnership to develop predictive experience metrics
Vizient, Inc. and Qualtrics, the leader and creator of the experience management category, announced an innovative strategic partnership to employ experience metrics to transform the way healthcare organizations measure and improve performance. The partnership will help organizations more deeply understand relationships between quality, safety, and patient experiences.
This collaboration will move beyond traditional siloed measurement, combining key metrics and benchmarks Vizient and Qualtrics measure in order to drive meaningful improvements in patient outcomes and operational efficiency.
University of Utah Health, Memorial Hermann Health System, and Stanford Health Care – leaders in both clinical care and patient experience – participated in a pilot analysis for this groundbreaking initiative. The results of an initial analysis, presented this week at the Vizient Connections Summit, linked patient experience metrics such as clearer medical provider communication to important clinical outcomes, like emergency room visits, complications, and readmissions.