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After expanion, ER usage up but waiting time stabilized
Middlesex (CT) Hospital's new $31 million emergency department, which opened in March, has settled into a groove. The...
Baltimore clinics' burden spills over to ERs
A growing number of Baltimore residents are being treated in hospitals for illnesses that could be prevented with...
Pittsburgh hospital renovates, expands its ER
A project at Pittsburgh-based St. Clair Hospital will increase the square footage of the emergency department from...
No bull: Marketing lessons from the ER
When a blogger took their four-year-old daughter to a local emergency room for a bad cough, they found all the care...
Web Exclusive: ED Overcrowding a Patient Safety Issue
A new study that surveys 3,562 emergency department clinicians in 65 hospitals raises concerns about the safety of...
Agency offers ways to divert nonemergency patients from new County-USC
For generations, Los Angeles County-USC has been seen as the hospital of last resort. But as the crowded hospital moves...
Web Exclusive: To Relieve ED Crowding, Stabilize and Mobilize
There is more evidence out there that the best way to relieve Emergency Department crowding is to move stabilized...
Hospitals ease ER crowding with ward beds in halls
Hospital officials nationwide are being urged to consider treating patients in hallways as a way to ease emergency...
Web Exclusive: The ER Myth vs. Reality
There is a nagging myth out there that it is the uninsured who are clogging ERs for routine care. But a new study...
How family doctors can make a difference in hospital care
Hospitalists represent the fastest growing medical specialty of this decade, and hospitalist programs are often touted...