/tags/emergency-room emergency room en-US WLRN Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:30:04 GMT /news/2021-08-13/desantis-touts-regeneron-clinics-to-relieve-pressure-on-emergency-rooms Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Downtown Jacksonville Thursday touting Regeneron, an antibody treatment for those infected with the coronavirus. Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:30:04 GMT /news/2021-08-13/desantis-touts-regeneron-clinics-to-relieve-pressure-on-emergency-rooms Sydney Boles /news/2021-03-12/hospital-emergency-rooms-struggle-with-overdose-spike-during-pandemic The CDC says hospitals saw a lot more emergency cases involving drug overdoses, as well as mental health crises and suicide attempts. Many emergency departments weren't ready. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:24:50 GMT /news/2021-03-12/hospital-emergency-rooms-struggle-with-overdose-spike-during-pandemic Brian Mann /npr-breaking-news/2018-04-17/medicare-advisers-recommend-payment-cuts-to-many-free-standing-ers An agency that advises Congress recommends a 30 percent reduction in some federal reimbursements to free-standing ERs that are within 6 miles of a hospital. Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:00:29 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2018-04-17/medicare-advisers-recommend-payment-cuts-to-many-free-standing-ers Michelle Andrews /news/2015-07-02/dozens-of-south-floridians-injured-by-fireworks-last-year Health officials are asking soon-to-be revelers to remember that fireworks are much safer from a distance.According to statistics compiled by the Florida… Thu, 02 Jul 2015 21:09:50 GMT /news/2015-07-02/dozens-of-south-floridians-injured-by-fireworks-last-year Moffat Mugwe /news/2015-01-09/south-florida-hospitals-expand-through-walk-in-clinics It turns out some of South Florida's largest hospital systems are taking a page out of the urgent-care playbook.Questions about the safety and efficiency… Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:02:43 GMT /news/2015-01-09/south-florida-hospitals-expand-through-walk-in-clinics Christine DiMattei /npr-breaking-news/2014-09-23/avoid-the-rush-some-ers-are-taking-appointments Nobody looks forward to sitting in the waiting room. So some hospitals are trying to improve customer satisfaction by offering online appointments. The pitch: "Wait for the ER from home." Tue, 23 Sep 2014 07:27:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2014-09-23/avoid-the-rush-some-ers-are-taking-appointments Anna Gorman /politics/2013-04-17/hospital-gun-scare-taught-doctor-about-need-to-be-armed In the mid ‘70s, I had recently left the Army and started working as an emergency physician at a hospital in Huntsville, Alabama. It was a Wednesday,… Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:03:00 GMT /politics/2013-04-17/hospital-gun-scare-taught-doctor-about-need-to-be-armed Gerald Kratz