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A project that started in a Boston Veterans Affairs facility will soon go nationwide. It puts naloxone, also known as Narcan, into emergency supplies cabinets throughout the VA system.
Medevac helicopter companies are on the radar of an FAA funding bill likely to pass the House and Senate this week.
After an accident in an all-terrain vehicle crushed a doctor鈥檚 left arm, he was whisked by air ambulance to the closest trauma center for specialized care. Soon he was fighting over the $56,603 bill.
The measure is designed to help people getting emergency care from hospitals or doctors that are not part of their insurance network.
A Texas teacher, 44, faces a 鈥渂alance bill鈥 of almost twice his annual salary for a heart attack he never expected to have.
Unlike most other workers, private-ambulance employees are frequently called away from their meals and rest breaks to respond to emergency calls, but there鈥檚 no law explicitly allowing that practice. Proposition 11 would change that, but some say its real purpose is to get California's largest ambulance company out of costly litigation.
The devastating loss of a promising young doctor prompts soul-searching and action at one of the nation鈥檚 largest emergency room staffing companies.
After a USA Today Network-Kaiser Health News investigation, Medicare announced last week that it is re-evaluating whether these procedures 鈥減ose a significant safety risk鈥 to patients.
The Red Cross and some other organizations suggest that first aid for choking begin with five slaps on the back. The family of Dr. Henry Heimlich, who developed the abdominal thrusts to dislodge objects that prevent breathing, is launching a campaign to demand proof of why back slaps should come first.
Many people forced into labor or the sex trade seek medical help at some point, and health care workers are being trained to identify them to offer assistance.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico, and Erin Mershon of Stat News discuss a series of health policy court decisions on everything from prescription drug discounts to soda taxes. Plus, Rovner, interviews health care futurist and consultant Jeff Goldsmith.
Some firefighters, emergency medical providers and law enforcement officers say recent mass shootings and other calamities 鈥 disturbing enough in themselves 鈥 have brought to the surface trauma buried over years on the job. Many are reluctant to seek help, though some employers are trying to change that.
An ER patient can be charged thousands of dollars in 鈥渢rauma fees鈥 鈥 even if they weren鈥檛 treated for trauma.
End-of-life documents express your preferences for care but may not be binding medical orders. Here鈥檚 how to better prepare for the unexpected 鈥 that your last wishes won鈥檛 be carried out.
Tacking on an after-hours surcharge to an emergency department bill strikes some consumers as unfair, since the facilities are open 24 hours a day.
As free-standing emergency departments multiply, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommends a 30 percent reduction in some federal reimbursements for those within 6 miles of a hospital.
Some health systems are encouraging selected ill emergency department patients who are stable and don鈥檛 need intensive, round-the-clock care to opt for hospital-level care at home.
An investigation by Kaiser Health News and the USA TODAY Network discovers that more than 260 patients have died since 2013 after in-and-out procedures at surgery centers across the country. More than a dozen 鈥 some as young as 2 鈥 have perished after routine operations, such as colonoscopies and tonsillectomies.
The collaboration known as ALTO, Alternatives to Opioids, set out to reduce opioid doses in the emergency room by 15 percent. It managed a 36 percent reduction instead.
Hospitals increasingly team up with lending institutions to offer low- or no-interest loans to patients to make sure their bills get paid. But critics say the complexity of hospital pricing means consumers should be cautious.
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