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 ...

Delays in transferring patients with stroke for advanced treatment are linked to worse disability, fewer lifesaving procedures, and more complications, a large US study shows.

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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 ...

Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, is looking at opportunities to transfer patients to facilities in Seattle and Portland, Ore., as its hospital nears capacity and COVID-19 cases surge in the ...

AIM: The “2026 Guideline for the Early Management of Patients With AIS” replaces the “2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With AIS” and the 2019 update to reflect recent advances in ...

In 34 years of practicing medicine, Dr. Robert Mead, a family physician at Bellin Health, never had to turn away an ambulance or decline patients in need of comprehensive care. But several times over ...

Santa Barbara County Public Health Director Mouhanad Hammami, seen addressing the Board of Supervisors in early October, informed the board on Tuesday that his department has halted its plans of ...

When the pain kicked in again in February, Lahisha Marquez-Soto held off on going to the hospital for days, until she was struggling to walk out of her college dorm in Carson. Eight days into her stay ...

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 ...

A CEBU health official said the transfer of an accident victim from Cebu Provincial Hospital–Carcar on Jan. 29, 2026, followed standard referral protocols, as t ...