Freestanding emergency departments are becoming more prominent as health systems bolster their outpatient strategies, but emergency departments at some hospitals are disappearing. In the last four ...

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the state House of Representatives to require a board-certified or board-eligible physician staffing a hospital emergency room at all times. House Bill ...

When Jean Hoffman, MD, was growing up, she watched "ER," the long-running NBC series about an urban hospital's often-chaotic emergency department. The experience steered her toward a career in ...

Emergency department use has nearly recovered to prepandemic levels, but rising acuity, insufficient capacity and a laundry list of financial roadblocks are straining their viability and threatening ...

The Emergency Nurses Association recognized 19 emergency departments across the U.S. with its Lantern Award, which honors EDs that demonstrate excellent performance in leadership, practice, education, ...