Preparedness is on everyone's mind these days. Aside from the daily possibility of routine medical emergencies such as heart attack or workplace injury, there is additional urgency to be ready due to ...

Comparing patients’ experiences with in-home urgent care from community paramedics vs urgent care provided in emergency departments, we found higher satisfaction among patients receiving in-home ...

More than 20 million people 65 years and older present to emergency departments each year in the United States. Roughly one third of those patients are admitted to the hospital often because they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Veterans can now access emergency care from a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital by telephone or video under a new program ...

When you’re dealing with an immediate and serious health concern, your top priority is getting the most effective care as quickly as possible. But what’s the best place to find that care? Outside of ...

Veterans Affairs officials have expanded their new tele-emergency care network to include all veterans across the country, giving individuals who are unsure if they're facing an urgent health problem ...

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham now treats patients needing emergency or urgent care at home. The health system’s patients can request referrals to the Home Hospital Emergency Care ...