Delays in transferring patients with stroke for advanced treatment are linked to worse disability, fewer lifesaving procedures, and more complications, a large US study shows.

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Patients’ insurance coverage and gender may influence the likelihood of a hospital transferring them to another acute-care facility, according to a study from the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Florida's major health care associations, in conjunction with the Agency for Health Care Association, have joined forces to create a new voluntary Patient/Resident COVID-19 Transfer Status ...

When the pain kicked in again in February, Lahisha Marquez-Soto held off on going to the hospital for days, until she was struggling to walk out of her college dorm in Carson. Eight days into her stay ...

Some San Diego County hospitals are experiencing delays or denials to transfer patients between facilities as hospital capacity, especially staffing, becomes increasingly limited during the recent ...

The median interhospital transfer time for stroke patients needing targeted therapy is 174 minutes, which is longer than the recommended 120 minutes, results of a new US registry-based study show. The ...