Morning Call PA

LVHN breaks ground on Muhlenberg ER expansion. Here’s what’s in store

A nearly $100 million project to expand Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg’s emergency department is under way. Officials for Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health, held a ...
Boston Herald

As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he’s smiling in front of a bucket of sweating beers and wearing a blue T ...
The Connecticut Mirror

CT patients are waiting days in emergency rooms for a hospital bed. Lawmakers want to know why

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. These days, Dale Cunningham is taking extra time to appreciate the ...
NPR

It's called an urgent care emergency center — but which is it?

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 ...
The New York Times

1 in 4 Child Deaths After E.R. Visits Are Preventable, Study Finds

If every emergency room in the United States were fully prepared to treat children, thousands of lives would be saved and the cost would be $11.84 or less per child, researchers found. By Emily ...