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Texas hospitals using a new strategy to ease crowded ERs
In Houston, the ER overcrowding problem has been the subject of several studies calling for revisions to the emergency...
Dennis Quaid settles with Cedars-Sinai over infants' health scare
Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly reached a settlement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for $750,000 over a medication...
U.S. emergency rooms find ways to fix what ails them
Hospital emergency rooms are facing their own epidemic: Long waits. Patients spending hours or days on beds in ER...
Deaths raise questions in Indian hospital
Since the beginning of 2006, the pediatric department at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences had...
Web Exclusive: Senior Executives Who Get It
It's refreshing to hear about how some hospitals and health systems are actually improving the care that they deliver...
Doctors call emergency care 'national disgrace'
The nation’s emergency care system is "a ticking time bomb," with demand far outstripping the capacity...
Uninsured put a strain on hospitals
As increasing numbers of the unemployed and uninsured turn to the nation’s emergency rooms as a medical last...
Hospitals face a new epidemic: Bedsores
The number of hospital patients with bedsores has risen dramatically over a 14-year period, leading to longer, more...
Lives put at risk by poor hospital discharge procedures, UK doctors say
One in four GPs in the United Kingdom said patients' lives are being put at risk because hospitals are failing to...
University of Washington Medical Center using surgical checklist to improve safety
University of Washington Medical Center is one of eight hospitals worldwide testing a surgical checklist unveiled by...