This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. In a large, traffic-congested city in China, severe heart attack patients received treatment faster and had better long-term results ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Patients are dying waiting for transfers from small hospitals to larger ones that might have had a better chance to save their lives. Small, rural hospitals say short staff and ...

A study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, examined the impact of interhospital patient transfers on the risk of Clostridium difficile infection. “Our results suggest ...

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Harris Health Systems, the public health agency that operates Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals, is sending COVID-19 patients to facilities outside of the area in an effort to cope ...

High-volume care centers are linked to lower mortality for mechanically ventilated patients, suggesting benefits of transferring to such facilities. Uninsured patients experience higher mortality and ...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — As COVID-19 brought more severe cases, hospitals struggled to keep up with the need, especially when it comes to transferring and accepting new patients. Hospitals were using ...

THE DALLES, Ore. — A rural Oregon hospital is facing a problem that could lead to big repercussions: Adventist Health Columbia Gorge recently learned it will have to find a different way to transfer ...

Negotiations to keep 10,000 New York City nurses from walking off the job headed into a final weekend as some major hospitals were already preparing Friday for a potential strike by sending ambulances ...

Ashely Brown is fed up. A registered nurse at Mission Hospital in Asheville, Brown said she and her colleagues are working long shifts and catching less sleep as they battle a relentless surge in ...

Some patients were sent to facilities more than 50 miles away. The surge in coronavirus cases has gotten so bad in Houston that two of the city's hospitals have begun transporting patients to other ...