News tagged with hospital emergency rooms
Health care disparities seen in epilepsy patients with low socioeconomic status
A newly published report reveals patients with epilepsy and low socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to have uncontrolled seizures, drug-related side effects, and a lower overall quality of life. The study also indicates ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Code Blue: ESA emergency telemedicine system soars to commercial success
‘Is there a doctor on the plane?’ Piping this request over aircraft speakers is the traditional response to a potential onboard medical emergency. But now the availability of expert medical advice can be guaranteed ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Engineering shorter wait times in the ER
Emergency room waiting times could be cut by over one third and patients' length of stay by almost two-thirds, thanks to a new approach to the triage process of sorting patients for further assessment and treatment, according ...
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Shorter E.R. times in hospitals with advanced electronic records
When you've got an emergency, you don't want to wait. You want to get into the hospital emergency room as quickly as possible, get treated and go home. A new study from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State ...
Aug 20, 2010 |
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ER doctors: Lawsuit fears lead to overtesting
(AP) -- Fast decisions on life-and-death cases are the bread and butter of hospital emergency rooms. Nowhere do doctors face greater pressures to overtest and overtreat.
Jun 21, 2010 |
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The Medical Minute: New toy safety standards bring parents confidence
The holiday season is here and for many kids that means one thing: toys. About half of all toy purchases in the United States occur between the Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Emergency Departments Do Not Provide Timely Care for All Patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study, Yale University researchers document a disturbing lack of consistency among U.S. hospitals in how quickly they treat patients in emergency rooms. Furthermore, some hospitals ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Report: Flu might fill up hospitals in 15 states
(AP) -- If a third of people wind up catching swine flu, 15 states could run out of hospital beds around the time the outbreak peaks, a new report warns Thursday.
Oct 01, 2009 |
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More than half million kids get bad drug reactions
(AP) -- More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization, new research shows.
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Will safety net hospitals survive health reform?
(AP) -- Janie Johnson has no health insurance, so when she cut her toe while giving herself a pedicure, she limped to the emergency room at one of Chicago's safety net hospitals and waited her turn.
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Teen trippin' on ADHD drugs can be a real downer
(AP) -- Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence about the dangerous consequences of prescription misuse, a study shows.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Paperless health care? One hospital's long journey
(AP) -- Baby Riley Matthews wheezed noisily on the exam table. "He's belly-breathing," the emergency-room doctor said worriedly - Riley's little abdomen was markedly rising and falling with each breath, a sign of respiratory ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Long-term study results validate efficacy of CT scans for chest pain diagnosis
The first long-term study following a large number of chest pain patients who are screened with coronary computerized tomographic angiography (CTA) confirms that the test is a safe, effective way to rule out serious cardiovascular ...
May 15, 2009 |
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9 patients made nearly 2,700 ER visits in Texas
(AP) -- Just nine people accounted for nearly 2,700 of the emergency room visits in the Austin area during the past six years at a cost of $3 million to taxpayers and others, according to a report. The patients went to hospital ...
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Racial disparities in emergency department length of stay point to added risks for minority patients
Sick or injured African-American patients wait about an hour longer than patients of other races before being transferred to an inpatient hospital bed following emergency room visits, according to a new national study published ...
Mar 05, 2009 |
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