How Can The E.R. Survive When Traffic Is Growing At Twice The Rate Of Population Growth?

A Doctor's Diary:  The Overnight Shift In The E.R. by Gina Siddiqui.  The New York Times.  December 16, 2019.

ERs Are Now Flooded With Patients With Mental Illness

ERs 'Flooded' With Mentally Ill Patients With No Place Else To Turn by Susan Scutti.  CNN.  January 3, 2019.

Tracking Human Trafficking In The ER

Hospitals Gear Up For New Diagnosis:  Human Trafficking.  NPR.  July 24, 2018. 

Pint-Size Emergency Vehicles Fit Through Jams That Block Ambulances

Fire Department Finds A Way Around Times Square Traffic For Emergencies by Jan Ransom.  The New York Times.  December 31, 2017. 

Monopoly Power In The Emergency Room

Emergency Rooms Are Monopolies.  Patients Pay The Price by Sarah Kliff.  December 4, 2017. 

Level-One Trauma Center Reacts To Las Vegas Attack

Controlled Chaos At Las Vegas Hospital Trauma Center After Attack by Sheri Fink.  The New York Times.  October 2, 2017. 

Ambulance Versus Private Vehicle Transportation: Fastest May Be The Best In Certain Cases

Hold The Phone:  An Ambulance Might Lower Your Chances Of Surviving Some Injuries.  Johns Hopkins Medicine/Science Daily.  September 20, 2017. 

Palliative Care In The Emergency Room

Influx Of Elderly Patients Forces ER To Practice Comfort Care by Melissa Bailey.  Kaiser Health News/Real Clear Health.  May 26, 2017. 

ER Doctors Could Have A Big Impact On Later Opioid Use

The Doctor You See In The ER May Put You On A Path Toward Long-Term Opioid Use.  The Washington Post.  February 15, 2017. 

Trust And 911 Usage

Calls To 911 From Black Neighborhoods Fell After A Case Of Police Violence by Quoctrung Bui.  The New York Times.  September 29, 2016

A Emergency Physician Tells How She Tells A Mother Her Child Is Dead

How To Tell A Mother Her Child Is Dead by Naomi Rosenberg.  The New York Times.  September 3, 2016

More Nurses, Better Utilized, Help Shorten ER Stays

You Want Shorter ER Stays?  Bring In The Nurses.  American College Of Emergency Physicians/Science Daily.  August 24, 2016. 

Providing Frequent ER Patients With Housing And A Case Manager Found To Save Money, Improve Health

A Hospital Offers Frequent ER Patients An Out--Free Housing by Miles Bryan.  NPR. June 29, 2016

Private Equity In The Ambulance

When You Dial 911 And Wall Street Answers by Danielle Ivory, Ben Protess and Kitty Bennette.  The

The "Facility Fee" And High ER Costs

The Case Of The $629 Band-Aid--And What It Reveals About American Health Care by Sarah Kliff.  Vox.  May 13, 2016

Urgent Care Becomes Bridge Between Primary Care And Emergency Room

Can't Get In To See Your Doctor?  Many Patients Turn To Urgent Care by Patti Neighmond.  NPR.  March 7, 2016

Four Warning Signs For Geriatric ER Patients

Four Signs that A Geriatric ER Patient Should Be Admitted To The Hospital.  American College Of Emergency Physicians/Science Daily.  March 4, 2016

Could Hospital ERs Fill The Data Gap On Police Shootings

Could Hospital ERs Provide Missing Data On Police Shootings by Vanessa Rancao.  NPR/GPB.  February 5, 2016. 

Community Paramedics Cut ER Visits, Solve Problems, Direct Patients To Needed Resources

Community Paramedicine:  Unclogging ERs By Helping People At Home by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  January 7, 2015. 

Supplement Use Leads 23,000 People, Including Children, To the Emergency Room Each Year; Natural Does Not Necessarily Mean Safe

"Health" Supplements Send 23, 000 To Emergency Rooms In The U.S. Each Year by Gene Emery.  Reuters.  October 15, 2015.