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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Up to one-third of patients with critical injuries are first taken to the closest non-trauma-specialized hospital before being transferred to a higher-level trauma center. But these transfers can take ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a desperate search for hospital beds across Ohio, as well as efforts to avoid hospitals being overwhelmed with patients. Medical centers are ...

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 ...

Editor's note: The USA TODAY Louisiana Network is offering this Hurricane Ida story free to readers. Please consider supporting this work by subscribing. Ambulances transferred hundreds of patients ...