The dire shortage of pediatric hospital beds plaguing the nation this fall is a byproduct of financial decisions made by hospitals over the past decade, as they shuttered children's wards, which often ...

Every day, across the nation, patients wait hours or days in emergency departments until a bed opens up for them in the hospital. Patients in smaller hospitals wait to get transferred to larger ones ...

Hospitals are getting more crowded and healthcare experts are warning that has serious consequences for the quality of patient care. A new study published in JAMA Network projects that by 2032, ...

Effie Schnacky was wheezy and lethargic instead of being her normal, rambunctious self one February afternoon. When her parents checked her blood oxygen level, it was hovering around 80% – dangerously ...

CENTER FIVE, STILL ACTIVE SCENE. OKAY, MARY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. NOW TO A STORY YOU SAW FIRST HERE ON FIVE MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL IS SOUNDING THE ALARM ON WHAT IT’S CALLING A CAPACITY CRISIS. AND ...

HUDSON, NY (WNYT) – Albany Med Health System, which oversees Columbia Memorial Hospital, said they want to change the designation of the hospital. The hospital is currently a rural referral hospital, ...

Is America prepared for the next health epidemic? Apparently, some states are more prepared than others, at least in terms of the number of hospital beds available, according to a recent study. The ...

Waiting in the ER after being admitted to the hospital— also called "boarding"—is an escalating problem. Patients often board in ER hallways for hours, which also increases the chance medical errors ...