Room mock-ups save time, money ahead of Geisinger's $880M expansion
Mock-ups of medical spaces have allowed Geisinger officials to find design flaws down to 3/4 of an inch prior to the construction of an 11-story tower. Since the hospital announced its plan to build ...
HCA to spend $70M on new emergency rooms in Pasco, Citrus and Hernando
Hospital chain HCA plans to spend $70 million building three new freestanding emergency rooms to meet the health care needs of growing communities north of Pinellas County. HCA Florida Sunlake ...
A Rural Hospital Defies the Odds and Turns Around - in 24 Months
WATKINSVILLE, GA / ACCESS Newswire / February 4, 2025 / Just two years ago, Washington County Regional Medical Center (WCRMC), a 56-bed hospital ...
From the ER to the Enterprise: 5 Data and AI Lessons from GE Healthcare for Critical Outcomes
With GE Healthcare’s AI-powered portable ultrasound, trained clinicians can perform detailed heart scans right at the bedside ...
Utah lawmakers want to raise the standards for freestanding emergency rooms around Utah
A bill that would set robust requirements for free-standing emergency rooms across the Wasatch Front advanced through the ...
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Modern emergency department brings new hope to fast-growing Carleton Place
A new emergency department in Carleton Place is key to attracting and keeping staff, officials said. Registered nurse Iris ...
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The Emergency Room—The Front Door to the Hospital (Fraud Schemes)?
Fraud related to hospital services – both inpatient and outpatient – has led to over $511 million in damages and hundreds of ...
Most U.S. hospital emergency rooms aren't prepared to treat children, study finds. Why?
A recent study of 4,840 emergency departments in the U.S. found that only 17.4% of ERs had a high level of readiness to treat ...
Shock testimony of NHS nurse reveals harrowing reality of A&E today - from men dying in wheelchairs to women lying in soiled sheets
When I had last set eyes on the man who had been brought in with a suspected heart condition, he was wedged in a wheelchair ...
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In western Altadena, where 17 wildfire deaths were reported, residents say evacuation alerts came late or not at all
Los Angeles County officials are now calling for an independent investigation to review the emergency alert system used during the recent Eaton and Palisades Fires to warn residents to evacuate.
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Haiti - Health : UNFPA equipment donation for the University Hospital La Paix
Samir Anouti, Representative of the United Nations agency for sexual and reproductive health (UNFPA) in Haiti and the humanitarian team, visited the University Hospital La Paix (HUP) with the aim ...
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Trump declared an emergency at the southern border. Here’s what that means.
Invoking presidential emergency powers gives the president the ability to go around Congress and unlock federal funding to crack down at the border. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs Reporting from Washington ...