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Hospitals use 'quick look' to fight ER crowding

January 6, 2009 — 11:27am ET | By Anne Zieger
Many emergency departments may be suffering from overcrowding, but the good news is that the problem is pushing many hospitals to be creative in finding solutions. One such solution is the so-called... Read more...

Hospitals finding solutions for ER overcrowding

December 16, 2008 — 10:06am ET | By Anne Zieger
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

December 9, 2008 — 10:34am ET | By Anne Zieger
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...

IL medical practice reaches antitrust settlement with state

December 5, 2008 — 11:33am ET | By Anne Zieger
Illinois medical group Carle Clinic Association has cut a deal to settle an antitrust lawsuit alleging that it had conspired with the area's other dominant practice to avoid Medicaid business. In the... Read more...

ED patients will wait 3.5 hours, no longer

October 31, 2008 — 11:27am ET | By Anne Zieger
A group of doctors recently decided to do some analysis of their patient satisfaction surveys and try to determine how long patients were willing to wait in the emergency room before they got upset.... Read more...

Massachusetts orders hospital EDs to halt ambulance diversions

September 16, 2008 — 1:05pm ET | By Anne Zieger
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...

Death rates spike in Sacramento County EDs

September 3, 2008 — 1:02pm ET | By Anne Zieger
It's a fact of life that people die in emergency departments, of course. But in Sacramento County, CA, it seems they're dying at higher rates than in virtually any other county in the state.... Read more...

Study: Millions of chronically ill not getting care they need

August 5, 2008 — 10:35am ET | By Anne Zieger
A new study confirms what most in the provider arena already knew--that far too many patients with chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure aren't getting the care they need because... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: OH health system offers mental health svcs in EDs

July 9, 2008 — 1:49pm ET | By Anne Zieger
As FierceHealthcare readers know, mental health patients waiting for care in emergency departments seldom get specialized care while they're waiting for psych evaluations. However, in an unusual... Read more...

Study: ED patients more satisfied if they know wait times

June 17, 2008 — 12:47pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Making sure patients know as much as they can about their wait times is the best thing emergency departments can do to increase patient satisfaction--not managing their pain or even answering other... Read more...
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