(This story has been updated to include revenue figures that were not immediately provided.) According to numbers provided by Escambia EMS to Hofberger, Baptist Health Care paid close to $600,000, HCA ...

Patients’ insurance coverage and gender may influence the likelihood of a hospital transferring them to another acute-care facility, according to a study from the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) recently published a document for public comments entitled, “Protecting Patients’ Privacy When Transferring Medical ...

A study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, examined the impact of interhospital patient transfers on the risk of Clostridium difficile infection. “Our results suggest ...

Negotiations to keep 10,000 New York City nurses from walking off the job headed into a final weekend as some major hospitals were already preparing Friday for a potential strike by sending ambulances ...

The authors reviewed physician-to-physician conversations during emergency transfer of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and found that higher-quality physician coordination was ...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — As COVID-19 brought more severe cases, hospitals struggled to keep up with the need, especially when it comes to transferring and accepting new patients. Hospitals were using ...

A pilot prepares to land an air ambulance at a University of Washington medical center in Seattle. This image is from inside the helicopter. Courtesy of UW Medicine Last fall, Idaho was one of a ...

Ann Reichsman, clinical associate professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, recently had an article published in Annals of Family Medicine. Titled “The Warmest of Handoffs: A ...

COLORADO, USA — Two years into the pandemic, an emergency physician who works in southern Colorado says this is one of the most difficult times for rural hospitals. Dr. Laura Edgerley-Gibb said the ...

The Oregon State Hospital must make additional safety improvements to the way it transports patients or risk losing a large chunk of its federal funding, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The ...