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When should patients be admitted to a hospital through the ER?

by Blake Farmer
Oct 20, 2022
A hospital giant faces questions about whether it's been too quick to admit patients to the hospital from the emergency room.
HCA is based in Nashville and has hospitals around the country. A member of Congress has asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open an investigation into questions about its practices around hospital admissions.
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A rural community loses its hospital — a standalone ER fills the gap

by Sam Whitehead
May 14, 2019
Quick thinking and a $2.2 million investment preserved the emergency room.
A standalone emergency room in Georgia.
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ER bills are expensive. And secretive.

by Sean McHenry
Jan 7, 2019
In some hospitals, you could pay thousands of dollars just to sit in the waiting room.
"The costs are high — and they vary hugely from hospital to hospital," says Vox's Sarah Kliff. "Case in point: I found one hospital charging $1 for a squirt of an antibiotic ointment called bacitracin —and another charging $76."
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How much do gun-related injuries cost U.S. hospitals?

by Lizzie O'Leary
Feb 23, 2018
When people wind up in an emergency room, it adds up to about $100,000 per person.
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When doctors need to learn "webside" manner

by Stephanie Hughes
Jan 29, 2018
A New York hospital is introducing telescreens into the emergency room in an effort to save time — and possibly money.
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