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In outer Melbourne, a virtual emergency department has offered 250,000 patients treatment and created a model to help keep ageing Baby Boomers out of hospital. 
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The growing popularity of e-scooters has seen a surge in related injuries. They may not be more common than cycling injuries – but they may be more serious.
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Senior doctors say there is an unacceptable number of injuries clogging up hospital emergency wards in Melbourne.
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The state’s hospital watchdog has serious concerns about a lack of paediatric expertise, warning it had become normal for clinicians to treat children “outside of their comfort zone”.
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Taranaki Base Hospital has a new transition unit nicknamed the Koru Club.
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The ER is often not the best place to care for adults with dementia due to long wait times, unfamiliar staff and a potentially disorienting environment, the study's authors say.
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Michele Harper’s memoir could not be more timely. Also, if you think your job is stressful, take a walk in this author’s white coat.
Peter Mellow's insight:
Sounds like a great read. The books mentioned at the end of the article sound good also.
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More people with severe mental illness may soon arrive in New York City’s emergency rooms. What happens to them next?
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Tens of thousands of people left NSW hospital EDs without finishing treatment last quarter, the highest number on record
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We can’t provide the right care at the right time anymore — and after two years, we’re exhausted from trying
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Aishwarya Aswath died from an infection while waiting in emergency department
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A 'Wellness Trolley' is being trialled for staff in our Emergency Department and has gone a long way in boosting morale.
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Healthcare workers fear retribution for speaking out about patients being harmed due to delays in public hospitals
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Research by UCL, which examined medical records of 260,000 men with erectile dysfunction, has provided ‘food for thought’
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I blame pop culture, specifically film and TV, for giving me an unrealistic idea of how things in the real world operate
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There’s no surefire way to keep kids safe, but some toys are far riskier than others.
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Have a hole in your lung? Need your gall bladder removed when you’re 22 weeks’ pregnant? You might have to wait 21 hours for treatment.
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You know it’s going to be a long day when you can’t find a car park.
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Baby Jarrod was in "absolute agony" when his parents took him to the emergency department two days in a row. He only received a diagnosis when his father called in Ryan's Rule.
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Emergency department visits and revisits in children's hospitals that are related to mental health are "increasing rapidly," a new study suggests.
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The Taranaki DHB and an ED doctor who "failed" in the care of a woman who died in hospital of kidney failure have been ordered to apologise to her family.
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Australia’s national peak body for suicide prevention is calling for alternatives to emergency department care for young people in mental distress.
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Patients at Kent Hospital are waiting 10 hours for care as staff shortages, covid cases and other emergencies overwhelm the emergency room. "Do all of of the preventative things that you can do to possibly keep yourself out of the hospital right now," the ER's director said.
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Who gets scarce life-saving resources when hospitals are overwhelmed? And how are these decisions made? State and territory governments are yet to answer these difficult questions.
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Being in the emergency department is no fun for adults, so imagine what it must be like for children.
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