MercyOne in Des Moines is introducing a split-flow model in its emergency room to reduce wait times and improve patient care.

“Those ‘three days’ are often 12- to 14-hour shifts on their feet and this statement overlooks the long days and physically ...

The program will begin Oct. 15 to address Boone Health facility's current capacity amid rising patient demand.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Thirteen months after an Iowa nurse was criminally charged with stealing medication from a nursing home ...

This spring, Kitsap County reached a quiet but meaningful milestone: for the first time, nurse practitioners are part of local emergency medicine teams. My colleague, Teffanie Repasz, ARNP, and I are ...

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — After years without nearby health care, Johns Island is one step closer to having emergency medical services available to residents. Trident Health officials broke ground ...

OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - In Opelika, health care leaders are rolling out a new way to see patients quicker who come into the ER with minor health concerns or injuries. Those changes being made at the ...

H ere’s a basic truth of human life: No one plans a visit to the emergency room, and no one really wants to be there. The unexpected, oh-crap-now-I’m-in-trouble nature of the place means that everyone ...

To the editor — Due to an unfortunate accident with a power tool (not the first time), I went into one of our local urgent care facilities here in Yakima. I was told that the injury was too severe for ...

OAKVILLE, Mo. — There’s an outpouring of support for a local emergency room nurse who lost everything in an apartment fire while she was at work. Right now, investigators with the Mehlville Fire ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers are weighing several proposals aimed at addressing the state’s looming shortage of medical providers, including expanding the role of nurse practitioners and ...

Clifton Springs, N.Y. (WHAM) — Ehren Strohm, a nurse at Clifton Springs Hospital, said she was attacked Aug. 18 in the emergency department by Alyna Ann Lindenau. The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office ...