Mountain Xpress

Mission patients endangered by emergency department transfer procedures, nurses say

Mission Hospital nurses wrote to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services beginning more than a year ago saying that staffing issues and communication procedures for transferring ...
News Medical

Dementia patients often receive different treatment after hospital transfer, study finds

It is common for individuals seeking medical care for symptoms of concern to go to the nearest hospital. Physicians there may determine the facility cannot provide the care they believe the patient ...
Crain's Detroit

Patient transfers between hospitals are more critical than ever. But in rural Michigan, the ambulances aren't coming.

Heart attack patients rushed to War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie are quickly stabilized and prepared for transfer to a hospital with a heart catheterization lab. The Upper Peninsula hospital, ...

Telestroke patients may be more likely to receive treatment—but with greater delays

Stroke patients evaluated using telemedicine (telestroke) have higher odds of receiving essential treatment, yet it takes them significantly longer to be treated—potentially limiting the benefits, a ...
Cleveland.com

Searching for beds, transferring patients: Ohio hospitals turn to 2020 COVID-19 playbook to cope with new patient surge

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a desperate search for hospital beds across Ohio, as well as efforts to avoid hospitals being overwhelmed with patients. Medical centers are ...