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Study: Millions of children far away from trauma centers
As most FierceHealthcare readers know, every minute counts in trauma care--so it's disconcerting to learn that more than 17 million U.S. children live more than an hour away by ground or air... Read more...
Trend: Moving stroke victims to best, not closest hospital
Increasingly, paramedics are bypassing closer hospitals and taking potential stroke victims to the closest hospital with specialized expertise in stroke management. This approach is also becoming... Read more...
Georgia trauma care centers in crisis
In some parts of Georgia, it could take an injured person as long as 90 minutes to reach a trauma center. Even when patients arrive, they may not get adequate care because many of the trauma centers... Read more...
Uninsured violence victims costly for Philadelphia hospitals
Nearly 1,000 gunshot victims were treated in Philadelphia's hospitals in 2006. A large percentage of these patients were uninsured. Roughly a third relied on public health services such as Medicaid... Read more...
