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The Emergency Room—The Front Door to the Hospital (Fraud Schemes)?
Fraud related to hospital services – both inpatient and outpatient – has led to over $511 million in damages and hundreds of ...
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‘It was dystopian’: Family of patient describes overcrowded local emergency rooms
The health care crisis in our community continues as hospitals are filled to capacity and the rise of flu cases is pushing ...
Failure to properly diagnose brain bleed at rural Manitoba emergency room led to surgery delay: lawsuit
A patient who went for emergency care at a hospital in Ashern, in Manitoba's Interlake region, has filed a lawsuit saying she ...
I’m An ER Doctor. When I Became A Patient For The First Time, I Was Shocked By What I Experienced.
I left understanding why patients often distrust the medical system or leave hospitals against medical advice.” ...
Hospital security lapses questioned as victim sues over alleged assault by fellow patient
The resident tells me that she wants to see Saint Francis protect their patients, because what happened to her in February ...
Patient Spent Nearly 7 Hours on Medical Clinic Roof Before She Was Found and Resuscitation Attempts Began: Coroner
Chelsea Adolphus, a patient at an Illinois medical center, was pronounced dead 14 hours after being found unresponsive on the ...
A rise in communicable diseases increases ER wait times at Christiana Hospital
Christiana Hospital in Stanton is overrun with cases of COVID-19, RSV, and other communicable diseases, creating long waits ...
Most U.S. hospital emergency rooms aren't prepared to treat children, study finds. Why?
A recent study of 4,840 emergency departments in the U.S. found that only 17.4% of ERs had a high level of readiness to treat ...
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Armed patient allegedly injures three hospital staff in Halifax emergency room
Three hospital employees were injured in what Nova Scotia’s health minister says was an armed assault by a patient Wednesday ...