As health care systems across the country face increasing demand, patients are encouraged to better understand when to seek ...

While 8,000 65-year-olds sign up for Medicare every day, they use emergency departments at about the same rate as those in the 50- to 60-year-old age group. That changes with advancing age: ...

Its emergency department director told the investigators that its two-hour goal was “not always attainable” when doctors were busy, the state report said.

The moral and clinical imperative for emergency departments to address substance use disorders is clear and pressing. If they don't, the threat of legal liability may spur long overdue change.

Patients come to MLK’s emergency department with minor ailments they haven’t been able to get treated elsewhere, or more serious conditions that have become dire in the absence of care to ...

A nurse talked to a patient in an emergency department hallway at Salem Hospital in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 20, 2021. Andrew Selsky/Associated Press ...