Patients spend an average 41 minutes in the waiting room and often find the experience stressful, which can impact the patient-provider experience. Retail health clinics might turn on cable TV or ...

Patients, visitors and staff are already benefitting from a multi-year expansion of the emergency department still underway at MyMichigan Medical Center Midland. A more spacious and comfortable ...

The “W”wordI’m a patient… you’re a patient…we’re all patients at one time or another. That means we have to wait. Waiting for a diagnosis, waiting for a test, waiting for results. Most people hate ...

In today’s market, where patients have more choices than ever, making the healthcare journey seamless may be the biggest ...

Waiting rooms have traditionally been where patients fill out paper forms with medical information and wait to see their physician. But amid the COVID-19 pandemic, changes focused on technology, the ...

Across nearly every hospital in the country, an entirely new unit has appeared. It’s one that nobody wanted and nobody knows exactly what to do with, but it’s there. You might call it purgatory, or a ...

Staff at the Riverside Surgery in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, describe it as a "one-stop shop" for patients. The BBC spent a ...

If you have been to an ER lately — or if you’ve watched the disturbingly accurate TV show “The Pitt” — you’ve seen scenes that resemble field hospitals more than state-of-the-art medical centers.

Playing too many tunes from Taylor Swift’s poppiest-sounding album “1989” in waiting rooms may have positive and negative effects on dental patients. They may feel anxious but expect a short wait in ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Michael Carapella expected to get care quickly last summer when he went to St. Joseph’s Hospital emergency room with chest pain. Just eight days before, St. Joe’s doctors had propped ...

Members of healthcare’s Point of Care Marketing Association (POCMA) exceeded $1 billion in point-of-care revenue for the first time last year, a 16% increase over 2023, the trade group has reported.