Switching the sound of a hospital beep to a more “musical” one can improve patient care — and avoid “alarm fatigue” Getty The beeping alarms used in hospitals have been “widely criticized” for going ...
A decade ago, 74% of patients presenting to emergency patients were seen within the recommended time. Now it’s 67%. And the ...
Urgent Care Clinics are one of three options for people to get care without going to a hospital emergency department.
More hospitals are launching hybrid emergency departments and urgent care facilities to attract patients, The Washington Post reported Aug. 1. In the past year and a half, Jacksonville, Fla.-based UF ...
Urgent care centers and emergency departments both treat patients who need same-day care, but they differ in purpose, scope and cost. Emergency departments handle life-threatening or potentially ...
One evening last December, Tieqiao Zhang felt severe stomach pain. After it subsided later that night, he thought it might be food poisoning. When the pain returned the next morning, Zhang realized ...