Hospital emergency rooms (or departments) deal with sudden illnesses and injuries. They maintain preparedness for every kind of health emergency, including vehicular accidents, heart attacks, strokes, ...

A security officer stands by while LNA Karen Johnson works with mental health patients in a make-shift care area in a Concord Hospital Emergency Room hallway Thursday. In recent months and especially ...

COLUMBIA — Boone Health debuted a new program Wednesday designed to help reduce emergency room wait times. The Rapid Care program was implemented in response to a rise in ER patients in recent months.

Anyone who is not in the medical profession and who has wandered into an emergency room may be baffled by the hours of waiting and the mysterious process by which nurses and doctors move patients ...

Acknowledging “frustrations from patients and communities” over emergency room closures and wait times, the Saskatchewan Health Authority says it is updating its public notification process. The ...

Dozens of doctors said the nonprofit hospital pressured them to give preferential treatment to donors, trustees and their families. Credit...Illustration by Mel Haasch; photograph by Ashley Gilbertson ...