It is common for individuals seeking medical care for symptoms of concern to go to the nearest hospital. Physicians there may determine the facility cannot provide the care they believe the patient ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with no insurance, Medicare or Medicaid vs. commercial insurance were significantly less likely to ...

High-volume care centers are linked to lower mortality for mechanically ventilated patients, suggesting benefits of transferring to such facilities. Uninsured patients experience higher mortality and ...

When I started down my professional path as an emergency physician, I had visions of flashing ambulance light bars, of helicopters landing to scoop up the dying, of intubations and chest tubes and ...

In 2021, Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland created the intake hospitalist role, a dedicated position to oversee patient transfers. In the years since, the academic health center has seen ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Colorado's Combined Hospital Transfer Center was activated in August, at the first sign of hospital capacity going up. It is currently at the lowest level, but an executive order from ...

In the middle of May, when some 40 Chicagoans a day were dying of COVID-19, Norwegian American Hospital's 12-bed intensive care unit for the sickest patients was full. Some patients lingered in the ...

Santa Barbara County Public Health Director Mouhanad Hammami, seen addressing the Board of Supervisors in early October, informed the board on Tuesday that his department has halted its plans of ...

DENVER — For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Colorado patients can be transferred to any hospital in the state without their consent if deemed necessary by the Combined Hospital ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- "What we're hearing more and more is we don't have any beds," said Dr. Hashibul Hannan. Doctor Hashibul Hannan works at SignatureCare Emergency Center. They have nine ...

Alaska’s larger, urban hospitals are so crowded with COVID-19 patients that some smaller, outlying facilities are struggling to transfer seriously ill people or scrambling to care for them in place.