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NewsHospital diverts ER patients after computer virus hits
A system-wide computer virus was to blame when Georgia's Gwinnett Medical Center had to switch to paperwork and therefore divert its emergency room (ER) and trauma patients to other hospitals last Read more...
Re-routing ED patients: A recipe for trouble?
As you'll see in today's issue, the University of Chicago is taking some heat for allegedly discriminating against Medicaid patients in its ED. Specifically, the mother of a 12-year-old boy is Read more...
Massachusetts orders hospital EDs to halt ambulance diversions
In an unusual step, Massachusetts officials have ordered the state's hospitals to stop re-routing ambulances to other hospitals when their emergency departments become overcrowded. Officials at the Read more...
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