Emergency rooms are the front-door to the U.S. healthcare system. A combination of systemic issues converge in ERs, leading to long wait times and inefficiencies for patients.
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Hospitals and communities across the Southeast continue to assess and navigate the effects of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall Sept. 26 in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta "made history" by moving 202 patients in under 12 hours in one of the largest single-day pediatric hospital moves in the country, it said in a Sept. 29 news release.
Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm Sept. 26, resulting in flooding and widespread power outages across the state.
In recent years, healthcare has witnessed a transformative shift towards proactive and personalized care, approximately 1,300% Surge in Use for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). RPM is an innovative approach that harnesses the power of technology to monitor patients' health remotely,…
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Hospitals across the northeastern Gulf Coast and Southeast are preparing for a "catastrophic and deadly storm surge" as Hurricane Helene approaches landfall, CBS News reported Sept. 26.
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford, Ill., is rescheduling some surgeries due to a sterilization-related issue.
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Cleveland-based The MetroHealth System have shared a joint decision to end the trauma program at Mercy Health – Lorain (Ohio) Hospital, effective Oct. 15, and to not seek a level 3 trauma center reverification from the…
UC San Diego Health and San Diego County are partnering to expand the region's access to inpatient behavioral health services.
Two hospitals in Istanbul are the newest members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network — a group of more than three dozen healthcare organizations with access to Mayo Clinic resources and expertise.