ER overcrowding news from FierceHealthcare
NewsHospitals adding urgent care clinics to relieve overcrowding, doc shortage
Hospitals trying to ease strained emergency rooms (ERs) and to overcome a lack of primary care physicians are embracing urgent care centers, report Kaiser Health News and USA Today. They increasingly Read more...
ER overcrowding doesn't influence heart patient care, study finds
Contrary to recent reports, a crowded emergency room may not slow down care for heart attack patients, concludes a new study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Researchers at Advocate Christ Read more...
To reduce ER overcrowding, think outside the box
Treatment areas with recliners and community health workers to help guide patients are just two of several creative methods highlighted by Kaiser Health News that various hospitals around the nation Read more...
Hospital expects hundreds more ER patients this winter
Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, Kent, in the UK will have to treat 20 more patients a day in its "Accident and Emergency" department and 1,000 more women a year in its maternity ward after a Read more...
Hospitals finding solutions for ER overcrowding
There's no question that hospitals are struggling, and not just financially: wait times in the ER are up, and frustration and the potential for death or serious complications for critical patients is Read more...
Study: ER boarding, staff shortages common
Over time, we've shared a variety of studies with statistics that prove that the U.S. is having problems with its emergency departments. The thing is, most drew their conclusions from databases and Read more...
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