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About New York: Tale of Rory Staunton's Death Prompts New Medical Efforts Nationwide
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 months ago
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Rory Staunton died of septic shock on April 1 after being sent home from the hospital days earlier. His pediatrician told him that he had a minor bellyache, a finding repeated by a doctor in the emergency room at NYU Langone Medical Center, and Rory
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Colorado's emergency room use rose, but it's not uninsured using most
Denver :: CO :: USA | 7 months ago
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Font Resize A higher percentage of Coloradans are using emergency rooms when they should be seeking cheaper, more targeted care, but it's not the uninsured who use them most, according to a new study. While myths persist that America's high share of
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Mixed results for legislation linked to medical care, fraud
Fresno :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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Those celebrating include a group of elder advocates who sought more autonomy for the state's elder care ombudsman. Another group of patients was disappointed, though, seeing Brown veto a bill that would have lowered the price of pills that fight
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Stroger Hospital ER wait reduced
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 8 months ago
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So far this year, the average wait time to see a doctor is one hour and 51 minutes, about one hour less than it took last year, officials said Thursday. The number of patients who gave up and left without being seen also has dropped, from about 12
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Romney plan for uninsured: emergency rooms
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 8 months ago
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Romney plan for uninsured: emergency rooms As a breast cancer survivor, I am outraged at the inane suggestion by GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney that the solution for sick people without health insurance is a trip to the emergency room.
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Romney Medicaid Remarks Raise Eyebrows
Boston :: MA :: USA | 8 months ago
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We pick them up in an ambulance, and take them to the hospital, and give them care. And different states have different ways of providing for that care." That was basically Romney's way of saying that people who don't have insurance can always go to
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New Bedford Medical Associates unveils new Walk-In Center
Dartmouth :: MA :: USA | 8 months ago
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New Bedford Medical Associates' new center gives SouthCoast residents another option for walk-in care while avoiding the emergency room. The Walk-In Center opened in April across from the VF Outlet on Faunce Corner Road. The center offers services
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County health doctors air complaints about county's new $45 million computer system
Alameda :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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One of every 10 emergency room patients at the county's public hospitals in September left without ever being seen by a doctor or nurse because of long waits -- a number rising since implementation of Contra Costa's $45 million computer system July 1.
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Unions voice opposition to Jackson ER privatization proposal
Miami :: FL :: USA | 8 months ago
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Representatives of Miami-Dade's law enforcement and firefighter unions gathered in front of the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital Wednesday announcing their opposition to a proposed plan to privatize parts of Jackson's emergency room
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Meet the dead guy
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 8 months ago
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On an otherwise unremarkable Wednesday morning in June, an insurance salesman from Irvine suffered a massive heart attack and died in front of his wife in the emergency room at Hoag Hospital...Then, while a cardiologist was trying to figure out what
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