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During a routine visit to her primary care physician, a patient had abnormal EKG results and was sent to the emergency department.
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Most risk managers are prepared to respond to a disaster in their communities, but what do you do when your facility is the disaster?
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When patients were evacuated from Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, GA, after an F3 tornado hit on March 1, 2007, a temporary treatment center was set up next to the shelter area inside the town's First Baptist Church.
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When Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, GA, was severely damaged by an F3 tornado, one thing they didn't have to worry about was keeping their web page updated with disaster information.
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A former patient has revived a lawsuit accusing the Duke University Health System (DUHS) in Durham, NC, of negligence related to an incident in which surgical instruments were mistakenly washed in used hydraulic fluid from the hospital elevators instead of sterilizing fluid.
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The family of a songwriter has filed a lawsuit against a New York City hospital alleging that the elderly man died of starvation after the hospital lost his dentures.
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Even though criminal charges will not be brought against emergency department (ED) workers following a coroner's ruling that a patient's heart attack death was a homicide, the case could have a chilling effect on health care workers across the country.
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A spokesman for a hospital in Los Angeles has admitted that its procedures "were not strictly followed" after a public outcry and threats of criminal charges followed witnesses reporting a recently discharged, disabled, and homeless man being "dumped" in front of a shelter.
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After weeks of neck pains, a woman finally went to the emergency department (ED) and was diagnosed by an on-call radiologist as suffering from congenital fusion.
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An elderly man presenting at the emergency department (ED) with pain in his abdomen, chest, and back was determined to be at risk for suffering from a heart attack.
