Dear reader, You should consider yourself lucky if you don’t know what it’s like to wait for hours for treatment in a ...

The latest change for the federal government’s position in court cases is whether a law requires hospitals to perform ...

A shooting in a ER can serve as a reminder that ERs aren't always the best place for someone in an acute psychiatric crisis.

Doctors said in court filings that the risk of criminal prosecution made emergency treatment decisions difficult to make ...

Lawsuits allege negligence, incompetence in deaths of emergency room patients at Central Iowa Hospitals -owned Iowa Methodist ...

Bipartisan Tyler's Law would transform emergency room fentanyl testing nationwide after a mother's 7 year advocacy following ...

Known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, the 1986 law requires emergency rooms to offer a ...

A rare look inside Upstate University Hospital's emergency room -- where patients endure long waits and appalling indignities -- supports call for NY state to fund a humane, efficient facility.

A clinical trial found that spending about 10 minutes with a therapy dog reduced patients’ anxiety in a pediatric emergency room.

"It’s much needed for people on south side of Lakeland to have that level of care and continuity of care." Here's what the ...