Rural emergency rooms and healthcare clinics are gearing up for their most busy season of the year as temperatures plummet and cases of flu, RSV, COVID-19, and strep reach their peak. Every moment in ...

Patients spend an average 41 minutes in the waiting room and often find the experience stressful, which can impact the patient-provider experience. Retail health clinics might turn on cable TV or ...

The “W”wordI’m a patient… you’re a patient…we’re all patients at one time or another. That means we have to wait. Waiting for a diagnosis, waiting for a test, waiting for results. Most people hate ...

(TNS) - More patients who come to hospital emergency departments are waiting for hours to be admitted, often on gurneys in the hallways, and more are leaving before they even get seen by a doctor, ...

Emergency department boarding remains one of the most stubborn operational challenges facing U.S. hospitals. National data show that more than a quarter of admitted patients now wait four hours or ...

If you have been to an ER lately — or if you’ve watched the disturbingly accurate TV show “The Pitt” — you’ve seen scenes that resemble field hospitals more than state-of-the-art medical centers.

These days, Dale Cunningham is taking extra time to appreciate the sights and sounds of spring in New England. On a recent walk through a park nearby, Cunningham soaked up the sun and stopped to ...

Playing too many tunes from Taylor Swift’s poppiest-sounding album “1989” in waiting rooms may have positive and negative effects on dental patients. They may feel anxious but expect a short wait in ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Michael Carapella expected to get care quickly last summer when he went to St. Joseph’s Hospital emergency room with chest pain. Just eight days before, St. Joe’s doctors had propped ...