Montefiore Health System is planning to break down dozens of hospital beds to make space for critical care capacity, sparking backlash from nurses who say the changes could exacerbate overcrowding in ...

Waiting in the ER after being admitted to the hospital— also called "boarding"—is an escalating problem. Patients often board in ER hallways for hours, which also increases the chance medical errors ...

The dire shortage of pediatric hospital beds plaguing the nation this fall is a byproduct of financial decisions made by hospitals over the past decade, as they shuttered children's wards, which often ...

The dire shortage of pediatric hospital beds plaguing the nation this fall is a byproduct of financial decisions made by hospitals over the past decade, as they shuttered children’s wards, which often ...

A 9-year-old boy lived for weeks in a hospital emergency room, dressed in paper scrubs, because his parents couldn't handle him and the state's social services agency had nowhere to place him. A ...

Hospital bed mattresses, also known as medical or therapeutic mattresses, may provide comfort and prevent side effects when people remain immobile for long periods. Some people require specialized ...

It’s a Tuesday night in January, and I’m going down to the children’s E.R. with the residents to see a toddler with a rash. I feel for the poor E.R. workers—as the highly contagious Omicron variant of ...