TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Patients are dying waiting for transfers from small hospitals to larger ones that might have had a better chance to save their lives. Small, rural hospitals say short staff and ...

This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. In a large, traffic-congested city in China, severe heart attack patients received treatment faster and had better long-term results ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Harris Health Systems, the public health agency that operates Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals, is sending COVID-19 patients to facilities outside of the area in an effort to cope ...

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 ...

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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 ...

In the middle of May, when some 40 Chicagoans a day were dying of COVID-19, Norwegian American Hospital’s 12-bed intensive care unit for the sickest patients was full. Some patients lingered in the ...

Some San Diego County hospitals are experiencing delays or denials to transfer patients between facilities as hospital capacity, especially staffing, becomes increasingly limited during the recent ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Ashely Brown is fed up. A registered nurse at Mission Hospital in Asheville, Brown said she and her colleagues are working long shifts and catching less sleep as they battle a relentless surge in ...