As emergency room doctors nationwide plead for help to ease patient overcrowding, the one federal program that could fix the crisis is poised to lose funding. Across the U.S., ER patients who need ...

Analysis shows one in six ER visits in 2022 had a wait of four or more hours. Experts warn the boarding issue will worsen as those 65 and older in the U.S. with dementia grows.

The three-story expansion will house an upgraded and expanded emergency department on the first floor. The capacity of the hospital’s ER will go from 43 to 83, with 69 adult and 14 pediatric beds.

ER staff talk about their line in the sand — when they finally had enough. Health care violence is associated with decreased productivity, moral distress, workforce attrition, and lower quality ...

CDC researchers analyzed cannabis-related data from 1,671 emergency departments from 2020 through 2022, comparing them to similar visits in 2019. More younger girls in the ER for marijuana Overall ...

Why that's really dangerous Based on an estimated 7,032 incidents a year, study authors determined that on average one battery-related trip to the emergency room occurs every 1.25 hours in the U.S.

Emergency room visits to hospitals in New York are growing longer on average. Albany Medical Center, St. Joseph's, Ellis and St. Peter's Hospitals have the longest ER visits in the state.