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EDs share strategies for slashing wait time

Thanks to revamping the way it handles emergency care, Parkland Memorial Hospital in Texas expects to boost its ED visits by one-third in the coming year, reports the Dallas Morning News. Most of the Read more...

Los Angeles hospital required to reduce ED wait times

Official attitudes, pre-H1N1 outbreak: Long hospital emergency department waits are a complex problem that isn't going away anytime soon. Official attitudes post-H1N1 outbreak: Long ED waits are a Read more...

Study: Homeless more likely to use ambulance

A new study concludes that homeless people are more likely than other patients to arrive at U.S. hospitals by ambulance, and more than twice as likely than other patients to be uninsured. The study, Read more...

Case study: DC, MD face high ambulance diversion rates

Many parts of the country, unfortunately, face problems with ambulance diversion due to overcrowding in the emergency department. One prime example can be found in the D.C. metropolitan area, where Read more...

Emergency doctors slam new HHS chief

Wow, this honeymoon didn't last. The ink was barely dry on HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' appointment as agency chief this week when the country's largest emergency physicians' group came out to Read more...

How should hospitals deal with long waits?

Hospital officials at Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital say they need more beds to handle the excessive number of patients who need care. They have their fingers crossed that a bond measure on the Read more...

Trend: ED 'super users' generating big expenses

Everyone in the hospital business knows about the emergency department's "frequent fliers"-- the folks who show up a few times a month due to one pain or another, either because they're uninsured, Read more...

Press Releases

'Boarding' Admitted Patients in the ER Associated with Higher Rates of Patients Leaving Without Treatment

For more information and interviews with Dr. Schneider, contact Brian Ruberry, 301-948-1709, br@allhealthpr.com. Las Vegas, Sept. 30—When emergency patients who are “boarded,” Read more >>

Visits to Emergency Departments Increases in Recent Years

Visits to Emergency Departments Increases in Recent YearsReleased: 8/5/2010 4:25 PM EDTEmbargo expired: 8/10/2010 4:00 PM EDTSource: American Medical Association (AMA) Media Advisory: To contact Ning Read more >>

New Series of Studies Show Suicide Attempts Constitute a Significant Portion of Drug-Related Hospital Emergency Department Visit

Contact Media Services: (240) 276-2130 SAMHSA News Bulletin Date: 7/13/2010 1:30 PMMedia Contact: SAMHSA Press OfficeTelephone: 240-276-2130New Series of Studies Show Suicide Attempts Constitute a Read more >>