Did you know that nearly half of visits to the emergency room were unnecessary or could have been treated in a different ...

Doctors and hospitals are upset over new state Medicaid rules that prohibit even a single emergency room visit for a treatment deemed not an emergency. A court blocked a previous money-saving plan to ...

Emergency room visits are on the rise, according to three-quarters of the 2,098 emergency room physicians who participated in an American College of Emergency Physicians poll. More specifically, 47 ...

Children’s of Alabama offers tips to prevent injuries as kids spend more time outdoors.

In 2014, 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. visited an emergency room to receive care, according to new CDC data. For 7 percent of these patients, visits to the ER were the only option, as they lacked access ...

Whether it's a deep cut, sudden chest pain or a persistent headache, knowing where to seek medical care can be confusing in the moment. Dr. Stacy Chronister, an internal medicine specialist with OSU ...

HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As flu and upper respiratory illness cases run rampant, Emergency Rooms (ERs) are filling up with people seeking medical care. However, the ER may not be the ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Louisiana Department of Health is partnering with Acadian Health to provide more in-home services for non-life threatening medical conditions for patients 13 and older.

The ER typically treats about 85 patients a day, but during spring break that number has climbed as high as 125.