EDs can meet pediatric needs by adopting updated readiness standards that reduce mortality and improve care, per national healthcare groups.

Outbreaks linked to declining vaccination rates are threatening to overwhelm hospital emergency departments — most of which ...

MetroHealth says Greater Cleveland cannot sustain three Level I trauma centers and warns the move will harm patient outcomes ...

Children initially treated at trauma centers with the highest level of preparedness to care for children, called pediatric readiness, are significantly less likely to die than those initially treated ...

While artificial intelligence technology is increasingly being used — formally and informally — to support medical diagnoses, its utility in emergency medical settings remains an open question. Can AI ...

A recent study of 4,840 emergency departments in the U.S. found that only 17.4% of ERs had a high level of readiness to treat pediatric patients. It estimated that 2,143 kids' lives could be saved ...

Hospital-led Solutions to a Growing Crisis report outlines five hospital case studies showing how systems are integrating ...

Maimonides Health is doubling down on pediatric emergency medicine at a time when other health systems are retreating from the costly service. The health system is opening a new pediatric emergency ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Children’s Hospital of Richmond is excited about their pediatric care center! Today, Dr. Frank Petruzella, Chief of Emergency Medicine and Bridget Hutchinson, Nursing Director at ...