What if AI ran ER triage? Here's how it sped up patient care in real-world tests
A first-of-its-kind study from Yale and Johns Hopkins tested an AI program at three emergency rooms to see if it could help nurses make quicker, more accurate decisions and speed up patient flow. Here ...
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Prioritizing Patient Safety and Quality Care Every Day for Everyone
This week marks five years since President Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency and related lockdowns ...
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Therapy dogs can ease young patients’ anxiety in the emergency room
A clinical trial found that spending about 10 minutes with a therapy dog reduced patients’ anxiety in a pediatric emergency room.
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Riverbend converts rooms into patient care space to keep up with surging emergency room demand
Former vending machine and call center rooms were converted into patient care space to keep up with a surge in patients at PeaceHealth Riverbend's emergency room.
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Emergency department treatment with buprenorphine puts people struggling with opioid use disorder on path to long-term recovery
Patients who struggle with opioid addiction and who are treated by California emergency department physicians are remarkably ...
Des Moines, West Des Moines hospitals in same network sued after deaths of ER patients
Lawsuits allege negligence, incompetence in deaths of emergency room patients at Central Iowa Hospitals -owned Iowa Methodist ...
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‘Identical patients’: A Minneapolis ER doc remembers the COVID-19 surge
Dr. John Hick saw Minnesota’s busiest emergency department fill with patients, many struggled to breathe. Five years later, ...
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Kings County Hospital moves to expand emergency capacity as visits skyrocket
The influx of patients at Kings County Hospital has led to overcrowding and long wait times in the ED. The hospital’s yearly ...
BCFR taking steps to cope with Rockledge Hospital's upcoming closing of emergency room
Parrish CEO says Orlando Health's decision to close Rockledge Hospital showed "careless disregard for the health of a ...
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EMS providers could transport to non-emergency facilities under Indiana bill
Emergency medical service providers primarily transport patients to emergency departments even if that isnt the most ...
Socioeconomically disadvantaged people still underusing emergency department services in the wake of COVID-19: Study
New research finds that socioeconomically disadvantaged groups may still be underusing emergency departments for potentially ...
Edmonton emergency departments struggle to keep up with increased patient numbers
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is implementing measures to help Edmonton paramedics, who are facing increased workloads, according to an internal email, a copy of which was obtained by CBC News.