Anyone who is not in the medical profession and who has wandered into an emergency room may be baffled by the hours of waiting and the mysterious process by which nurses and doctors move patients ...

Washington, D.C., has one of the highest rates of 911 calls in the country, and 1 in 4 of them are not for real emergencies. They're for twisted ankles or coughs, rashes, that kind of thing. So D.C.

If both sides can't come to terms soon, the short-term contingency plans include looking to bring in nurse practitioners, triage nurses, or boosting emergency room budgets.

As the largest hospital in Humboldt County and home to a Level III Trauma Center, Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka’s Emergency Department has seen a steady increase in patients since the COVID ...

Several nurses employed by Volusia County government recently learned that they will lose their jobs at the end of March. The reason? The county is cutting its Nurse Triage program as of March 31 ...

An Ohio hospital's provider-in-triage model is generating clinical, financial, and strategic benefits, including lowering its rate of ER patients who leave without being seen. Grandview Medical Center ...

When a workplace injury occurs, employers with no medical training often must determine the severity of the injury and direct an employee to appropriate medical care. They may have to make on-the-spot ...

Alberta Hospitals Minister Matt Jones says he doesn't blame doctors for the delay in a core initiative to address extreme ...