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.
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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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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‘When nurses are ignored, patients suffer:’ Coalition demands HCA add staff after Mission ER death
An area healthcare coalition is demanding that HCA Healthcare increase staffing levels at Mission Hospital or sell it to a ...
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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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Oncologic Emergency Care Key Challenges and Potential Solutions
The following is a summary of “Perceived Gaps in Oncologic Emergency Care for Patients with Cancer: A Qualitative Comparison ...
Trump Administration Drops High-Profile Emergency Abortion Case, Leaving Advocates ‘Devastated’
The lawsuit, initially filed by the Biden Administration, sought to protect abortion access in medical emergencies.
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See why CentraState plowed $4M into pediatric emergency care and kid hospital rooms
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP -- CentraState Medical Center is opening a separate emergency department and inpatient rooms for children ...
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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 ...