TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Patients are dying waiting for transfers from small hospitals to larger ones that might have had a better chance to save their lives. Small, rural hospitals say short staff and ...

This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. In a large, traffic-congested city in China, severe heart attack patients received treatment faster and had better long-term results ...

Medical teams are hoping to use a converted bus called 'the jumbulance' to transfer NHS patients to the new National ...

A study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, examined the impact of interhospital patient transfers on the risk of Clostridium difficile infection. “Our results suggest ...

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Harris Health Systems, the public health agency that operates Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals, is sending COVID-19 patients to facilities outside of the area in an effort to cope ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — As COVID-19 brought more severe cases, hospitals struggled to keep up with the need, especially when it comes to transferring and accepting new patients. Hospitals were using ...

THE DALLES, Ore. — A rural Oregon hospital is facing a problem that could lead to big repercussions: Adventist Health Columbia Gorge recently learned it will have to find a different way to transfer ...

Spartanburg Medical Center paid $100,000. This came after Spartanburg Medical Center allegedly violated the Emergency Medical ...

Ashely Brown is fed up. A registered nurse at Mission Hospital in Asheville, Brown said she and her colleagues are working long shifts and catching less sleep as they battle a relentless surge in ...

Some patients were sent to facilities more than 50 miles away. The surge in coronavirus cases has gotten so bad in Houston that two of the city's hospitals have begun transporting patients to other ...