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Texas company giving its ERs support to run more efficiently
A Texas company aims to run emergency departments more efficiently, and is promising patients no longer than a...
Reinventing care for poor means relying less on ER
There are two daunting tasks facing Minnesota hospitals now that Gov. Tim Pawlenty and legislators have struck a deal...
Web Exclusive: NC Hospital's ED Locked Down After Shooting
An early morning fight at a roadhouse on Presidents Day spilled into the emergency department at Scotland Memorial...
Five Easy Ways to Protect Staff from Violent Patients
When a professional fighter allegedly went haywire in a Nevada hospital and attacked nurses, it briefly brought some...
Swine flu concerns keep Children's ER in Dallas busy
Panicky parents and their sick children overflowed the emergency room on September 23 at Children's Medical Center...
Operation of San Leandro (CA) Hospital's ER hangs in the balance
The possible closure of San Leandro (CA) Hospital's emergency room, where 27,000 patients a year are treated, has...
Online service holds patients' spot at hospital
An entrepreneur has applied a practice used by the restaurant industry as a remedy to long waits at hospitals. Two...
Washington, DC, Maryland hospitals often divert ambulances
Hospitals in the Washington, DC, and Maryland must frequently divert ambulances carrying all but the most critically...
At the hospital, the faces of fear and swine flu
Parents in New York City have turned to hospital emergency rooms as the swine flu scare continues in the city. With...
IL-based Silver Cross Hospital eyes free-standing emergency center in Homer
The village of Homer Glen in Illinois is close to having one of the state's few free-standing emergency centers, but...

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...