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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Non-urgent emergency department patients who were escorted to and assigned a personal physician on the hospital premises increased their contact with primary care physicians over the space of a year but did not significantly decrease how often they visited the ER. Despite strict guidelines on which patients were classified as "non-urgent," 10 patients were ultimately admitted to the hospital, according to the results of a study...

Physicians available 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, offering convenience and lower costs. Austin, TX (PRWEB) December 18, 2012 MedSpring Urgent Care, a leading provider of quality urgent health care, today announced the opening of a new center located at 208 West Ben White Boulevard, half a block west of the intersection of South Congress and Ben White Boulevard. This marks the opening of the sixth Austin urgent care for MedSpring since August 2011. MedSpring centers have doctors on-site from 9...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Team Health Holdings (NYSE: TMH) announced the continued growth in its Alabama operations through an acquisition of the practice of Mobile Emergency Group, PC (MEG), the physician group that currently provides services to the emergency departments of Mobile Infirmary Medical Center in Mobile, Ala., and North Baldwin Infirmary in Bay Minette, Ala. Both hospitals are part of Mobile-based Infirmary Health System (IHS). On December 15,...

Key Milestone for the Leading Freestanding Emergency Room System in the United States Flower Mound, TX (PRWEB) December 17, 2012 First Choice Emergency Room, the largest and oldest freestanding emergency room system, today announced its 10th anniversary. First Choice Emergency Room has revolutionized the way people receive emergency treatment, serving as a neighborhood alternative should a medical emergency arise. “We are proud to be celebrating this key milestone as a pioneering...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospitals across the country are investigating ways to improve their patients' experience through decreasing waiting times in emergency rooms and in immediate care settings. To address the important issue, Alexian Brothers Health System implemented a wait time feature on their website and mobile site (www.alexianbrothershealth.org) that notifies the public about the current waiting time at its hospital emergency rooms and...

MIAMI, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --ER Texting, a provider of turnkey text message services to the healthcare industry, announced that Baptist Health System (BHS) customer usage of the ER Texting service has reached some of the highest utilization levels ever. Since November 2011, Birmingham and North Central Alabama residents have been accessing wait times for all four BHS ERs by simply texting their zip code to 4ER411 (437411). Wait times for all hospitals are delivered instantly....

Data highlights opportunities to prevent hospital readmissions, reduce health-care costs, and improve long-term care ATLANTA, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Research unveiling key gaps in continuity of care for sickle cell patients transitioning from pediatric to adult care will be presented this week during the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited, chronic blood disorder affecting between 90,000 and...

HOUSTON, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MedSpring Urgent Care, a leading provider of quality urgent health care, today announced the opening of a new center located at 6501 South Fry Road, at the southeast corner of South Fry Road and Grand Parkway, near the planned Whole Foods Market. This marks the fifth MedSpring opening in the Houston area since March 2011. All MedSpring centers have doctors on-site from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, including holidays. MedSpring's...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients admitted to the hospital from the emergency department during periods of high crowding died more often than similar patients admitted to the same hospital when the emergency department was less crowded. Crowding was also associated with longer overall hospital length of stay and increased costs per admission, according to the results of a study published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Impact of Emergency...

First Choice Emergency Room celebrates new opening. Flower Mound, TX (PRWEB) November 30, 2012 First Choice Emergency Room, the leading freestanding emergency room system in the United States, opened its newest facility in Watauga, Texas today. The facility, located at 5401 Basswood Blvd, is open 24 hours, 7 days per week and staffed exclusively with board-certified emergency room physicians and emergency trained registered nurses. First Choice Emergency Room is a neighborhood alternative...