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Project to get transplant organs from ER patients raises ethics questions
Using a $321,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, the emergency departments at the University of...
Web Exclusive: Hospital Leaders Give Strategies to Remove ED Bottlenecks
Creative thinkers in emergency medicine described ideas to improve ED quality during the first HealthLeaders Media...
Magazine: Leadership: First, Get an Expert to Start ED Overhaul
A California hospital started with a Six Sigma expert, who then learned about healthcare and, with fresh eyes, turned...
Massachusetts ER policy passes checkup
A new Massachusetts policy requiring crowded hospital emergency rooms to accept all patients delivered by ambulance has...
Philadelphia hospital where man died faces heavy volume
The busy emergency room at Aria Health's Frankford campus in Philadelphia was on "divert" status for 121...
Death in Philadelphia ER spurs a plea for system reform
After a man who died while waiting to see a doctor in a Philadelphia emergency room, Puerto Rican civil rights...
Los Angeles County-USC hospital ordered to reduce ER wait times
Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center has become too overcrowded to handle the expected surge of H1N1 flu patients in...
Patients, Docs Rip ED Waits in Massachusetts
Nearly two-thirds of Massachusetts emergency physicians report more patients are seeking emergency care as result of...
CT-based Middlesex Hospital offers online clock that tells ER waiting times
Connecticut-based Middlesex Hospital has launched a new online "waiting time clock" for its three facilities in...
Magazine: Five Minute Consult
Sacramento, CA-based Sutter Medical Center uses a rapid medical exam to speed patient flow in its busy emergency room...

Book: Critical Thinking in the Emergency Department:
This book is a new, easy-to-read resource that explains the principles behind critical thinking and how to encourage...
ED Overhaul: Reduce costs, improve quality, and increase satisfaction
Join HealthLeaders Media and top executives from Scripps Health, Tomball Regional Hospital, William Beaumont Hospital...