Oregon Health & Science University is experiencing a crisis due to the ER being at 100% capacity, leading to long waits and the need to transfer patients to other hospitals.

Symptoms that warrant immediate emergency care, from chest pain to severe allergic reactions, and when urgent care or ...

Emergency department boarding strains limited hospital capacity, contributes to nurse and physician burnout and can lead to ...

The Department of Health called on healthcare institutions and practitioners to bring new patients to other government ...

One Rockford hospital is seeing its emergency department become overcrowded with patients more often than usual.

Emergency departments in the United States have more than 140 million visits each year - a rate of four visits for every 10 people - that cost nearly $80 billion.

A large scale study by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine has found that patient pain upon arrival to the Emergency Department (ED) as well as the ...

A former Augusta Health employee was convicted of stealing bank cards from patients at the hospital's emergency room. Jill S.J. Claffey stole approximately $600 and used the stolen cards for gas and ...