Sandra Hall entered the HealthPartners Same Day Surgery Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, to fix arthritis in her left thumb. When she left, in an ambulance, she was unresponsive and her heartbeat was ...

Do you believe that improving patient comfort results in better care? You’re not alone. Comfort plays a vital role in establishing a reassuring healthcare environment—one that encourages an ...

The Allegheny County Jail is the only jail in Pennsylvania in which officers cannot use leg restraints to secure individuals from jail on a visit to the hospital because of a 2022 referendum. Sheriffs ...

It’s not the number of people in the hospital’s waiting room ‒ it’s the logjam in the hallways and the patients stuck in beds upstairs waiting for a transfer to rehab or a nursing home. “It’s bad for ...

Introduction Hospital readmission is a burden to patients, relatives and society. Older patients with frailty are at highest risk of readmission and its negative outcomes. Objective We aimed at ...

When hospital beds are scarce, patients “board” in the emergency department until an inpatient bed becomes available. Using national data on 46.2 million hospitalizations, 2017–24, we ...

Capacity: It’s a word that comes up in nearly every conversation with hospital and health system leaders today. As the nation’s population ages and the healthcare sector faces a wave of workforce ...

The American Hospital Association joined the ceremony to recognize Bingham Healthcare's 75 years in rural Idaho. “For 75 years, we’ve stood shoulder to shoulder with our neighbors—delivering ...

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 30 national performance measures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and other supplemental data.

The following is a summary of “When public health emergencies hit the front line: a qualitative study of the patient experience in the emergency department and outpatient infectious disease clinic ...

Nurabot isn’t alone. Foxconn has built a suite of smart hospital tools using NVIDIA tech, including AI models that track patient vitals and digital twins that help hospitals design better spaces.

WARSAW — Parkview Kosciusko Hospital and the Parkview Center for Healthy Living invite area residents in need of lab testing to sign up for Check-Up Day at the hospital, 1355 Mariners Drive ...