The time spent in an emergency department makes no difference in a trauma patient's mortality, according to research from Saint Louis University.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Two patients were shot by off-duty police officers Thursday in two separate incidents — one at Garfield, Ohio-based Marymount Hospital, which is a Cleveland Clinic facility, and another at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Houston.
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