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Emergency Room Wait

ER Crisis: Think, Plan, Act to Get Best Emergency Care in Urgent Situations

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 08.27.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Medical Care, Er, Emergency Room, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Emergency Room Care, Cedars Sinai, Health Care, Health, Urgent Care, Emergency Room Wait, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

What's ailing our ERs? Simply put, they wrongly have become the venue of last resort for too many people for medical treatment. For many of us, there are better options, including urgent care or even retail clinics.

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Toddler Loses Limbs When Infection Worsens During 5-Hour ER Wait: You Can Help

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Strep Infection, Amputations, Emergency Room, Donations, Children's Health, Children's Hospital, Sick Children, Emergency Room Wait, Impact News

December, with all of its holiday spirit, shouldn't be a tough month for a 2-year-old. For Malyia Jeffers, however, it started with a feverish, fiv...

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ER Docs TEXT Patients Waiting Times

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Er, Emergency Room, Sms, Text Message, Emergency Room Care, Text Messaging, Emergency Room Wait, Text Messages, Technology News

WASHINGTON — Need an X-ray or stitches? Online, via text message or flashing on a billboard, some emergency rooms are advertising how long the d...

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Emergency Room Waits, Crowding May Increase Due To Health Care Reform

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Law, Health Care Overhaul, Er, Emergency Room, ER Wait, Emergency Room Wait, Rand Corp, Politics News

CHICAGO — Emergency rooms, the only choice for patients who can't find care elsewhere, may grow even more crowded with longer wait times under t...

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My $1,547 Hospital Bill For A Rash

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Clinic, Emergency Care, Rash, Hospital Wait Times, Health Insurance, Private Practice, Wait Times, Emergency Room Wait, Health Care Bill, Health Care, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

At the end of August I had a rash. I was visiting a relative at Southampton Hospital on Long Island and decided to stop at the Emergency Room to have it checked out.

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