PPD’s trial network unit Accelerated Enrollment Solutions (AES) is rolling out a new program designed to help biopharmas keep their clinical trials going. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit the ...
One-hundred ninety-eight minutes. That’s, on average, how long it took Banner Health to accept patient transfers from outside facilities in 2018: more than three hours. A patient’s condition could ...
The night after Thanksgiving, a small ambulance service that covers a huge swath of southwestern Colorado got a call that a patient needed an emergency transfer from the hospital in Gunnison to a ...
Kootenai Health’s critical care unit is full, but it’s not because of patients with COVID-19. Four patients with COVID-19 are being treated in the unit. Another 22 patients are in the unit for other ...
High-volume care centers are linked to lower mortality for mechanically ventilated patients, suggesting benefits of transferring to such facilities. Uninsured patients experience higher mortality and ...