Rib fractures occur in more than 10% of all trauma patients. 1 -3 Mechanisms of injury range from high-impact chest wall trauma to low-energy ground-level falls in the elderly. Fractured ribs can be ...

Reverse triage, or identifying hospitalized patients at low-risk for adverse events and discharging them to increase surge capacity during a sudden influx of patients can be useful in pediatric ...

Piotr is the CEO of Infermedica, a leading AI health company dedicated to improving preliminary symptom analysis and digital triage. The current pattern of care-seeking behavior is one area in which ...

Experts say differences in nurse line oversight, response-time standards and dispatch protocols across U.S. cities could affect how quickly patients receive care ...

Anyone who is not in the medical profession and who has wandered into an emergency room may be baffled by the hours of waiting and the mysterious process by which nurses and doctors move patients ...

Telemedicine is growing at a rapid pace fueled by faster Internet connections, the ubiquity of smartphones and personal devices, and new software platforms that connect patients with providers more ...

Patients in sickle cell crisis can wait in agony for hours if inappropriately triaged by an ER Those inappropriately placed in a less severe pain category waited nearly three times as long for their ...

Background: Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) currently face inacceptable delays in initial treatment, and long, costly hospital stays due to suboptimal initial triage and ...

A Seattle woman waited more than 10 hours for a nurse-ordered ambulance, raising concerns about the city’s 911 nurse triage system and response standards.