She's an emergency department nurse at the University of ... various factors cause Mercy hospitals to be at capacity, such as overcrowding due to trauma and a large number of patients who need ...

For James Edwards, a 57-year-old patient with congestive heart failure, recovering at home from shortness of breath rather ...

There are about 20 nurse navigation programs across the country that coordinate with 911 emergency dispatch centers to free up ambulances and reduce emergency department visits. Through these ...

HENRIETTA, N.Y. — Emergency rooms in Rochester are experiencing significant overcrowding ... said that they will send them to the emergency department. It is advised that people who don ...

Patients are being 'warehoused' due to strain beyond capacity, Testart asserts; minister acknowledges delayed surgeries ...

Long waits in overcrowded emergency departments are leaving patients frustrated and exacerbating violence towards staff, according to the peak body for emergency medicine.

There have been a slew of plans and reports to tackle overcrowding and an Emergency Department Task Force has been in place for many years. Other factors contributing to the overcrowding problem ...