CHICAGO — Injured patients were evaluated and received medical imaging tests 30% faster after an innovative performance improvement project was enacted at one hospital. "Being able to quickly identify ...

When a trauma patient enters the emergency department, their potential for survival often depends on what happens within the first minutes after their arrival. After studying trauma resuscitation ...

Eve Rittenberg ([email protected]) is a primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, both in Boston, Massachusetts. She ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medically unexplained illness or pain caused by stress and trauma is common in the U.S. but difficult to ...

Automated analysis of the vital signs commonly monitored in patients being transported to trauma centers could significantly improve the ability to diagnose those with life-threatening bleeding before ...

Trauma patients and patients who need emergency surgery have little to no opportunity to get acquainted with the surgeon and team that will perform their operation. However, a large study has found ...

Forbes Hospital in Monroeville marked the 10th anniversary of its trauma program in October 2023. Prior to the program’s opening 11 years ago, patients in the eastern portion of Southwestern ...

Ana Hoffman (right) is a community health worker who speaks Spanish. Through the NESTS pathway, she and other providers help bridge the gap of Spanish-speaking trauma survivors who are less likely to ...