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 ...
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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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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 ...
OHSU emergency department exceeds capacity as more people seek care, flu season hits high
Hospital officials at OHSU are expanding emergency care areas to hallways and an auditorium to meet the community's needs.
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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.
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 ...
Pregnant Akron Children's Hospital nurse reportedly attacked by patient
A patient at Akron Children's Hospital allegedly attacked a nurse who was nine months pregnant, assaulting her with a shoe ...
Reporting takes you behind the scenes of overcrowded emergency room (Letter from the Editor)
Upstate University Hospital is trying to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding to upgrade its emergency ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...