WASHINGTON — Today, the Trump administration rescinded guidance that reaffirmed hospitals’ obligation under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) to provide health-saving and ...
A research team from Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong ...
An ambulance is pictured outside the Medical Center, Navicent Health, (then The Medical Center of Central Georgia) in this 2009 file photo. Federal law requires all Medicare-participating hospitals ...
Heading to the ER with a minor health issue increases patient wait times and overall health costs. Those are best for urgent ...
ECHO, or Emergency Care Help Organization, has been helping families in crisis in Eastern Hillsborough County since 1987.
Credit: Getty Images. "Get With the Guidelines®-Stroke" is a warehouse of evidence-based tools, resources, and trends meant to keep clinicians up to date on the latest information Being on the front ...
The adult emergency care clinic makes appointments for 9:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. for patients age 18 and older. Children ages 16-18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to the adult ...
When I walk through my hospital’s emergency department, I’m sometimes overwhelmed by the number of people languishing there as they wait for help with a mental health issue, like the woman clutching ...
In 2013, New York began requiring hospitals to follow protocols for the early identification and treatment of sepsis. However, there is controversy about whether more rapid treatment of sepsis ...
Prescription painkillers -- like opiates and opioids-- can relieve intense physical pain when used properly. But if you become addicted or take too much of an opiate or opioid, you may need emergency ...