In 2016 Medicare introduced advance care planning Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to reimburse clinicians for time spent providing the service. Despite recent increases, use of these cod ...

Hospitals often use code names to alert staff to an emergency or other event. Codes can be communicated through an intercom in the hospital or directly to staff. Code blue signifies a critical ...

Many institutions use colors (e.g. Code Red, Code Blue) to identify specific types of emergencies. Code Red indicates smoke or fire; Code Black indicates a bomb threat or active shooter scenario, ...

The director of the Intensive Care Unit of Surrey Memorial Hospital has resigned in protest to the ER doctors refusing to provide Code Blue services to ICU patients in cardiac arrest.

This week on White Coat Black Art, host Dr. Brian Goldman looks at the Slow Code: the Code Blue procedure that's all show and no go. He examines the grey ethics of doctors going through the ...

The "Code Blue in the OR" video highlights how a perioperative team at UAB should come together to care for a coding patient in the operating room, including assigning roles, an expectation of where ...