American citizens pay a higher cost for health care than those of any other country, largely due to obscure regulations that essentially grant hospitals the power to arbitrarily charge emergency room ...

At Ochsner Health, about 70% of the patients who have engaged with the health system's virtual emergency department have avoided emergency room visits. Emergency room crowding is a challenge for ...

These facilities claim the capabilities and services of full-service emergency rooms, guaranteeing treatment without the wait of a hospital-based emergency room. Patients receive the convenience of an ...

Tucson emergency room kept patients, including an infant, waiting for hours, according to a recent state probe. A state investigation of Northwest Medical Center culminated last month in the ...

A comprehensive study of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older reveals that emergency room diagnostic errors occur in approximately 3.2% of serious medical emergencies, affecting roughly 1 in every ...

Today, Dutch hospitals will record how many patients come to the emergency room with medical problems caused by smoking, ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver is getting overwhelmed with patients who are coming in with flu and rising cases of RSV. According to Sarah Boemmels, PeaceHealth's ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Corewell Heath is seeing a significant increase in patients, leading to longer wait times in the emergency department. This is affecting the hospital system in both west and east ...

Some South Carolina senators are sponsoring Senate Bill 323, which goes before the Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee ...