MEDINA, Ohio (WJW) – A trip to the emergency room can be a long and frustrating experience, but a new virtual emergency room is letting patients skip a trip to the Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital. It ...

At Ochsner Health, about 70% of the patients who have engaged with the health system's virtual emergency department have avoided emergency room visits. Emergency room crowding is a challenge for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 13—DR. MATTHEW DAYNO, chief of emergency medicine at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, perches before two computer screens — one ...

Dr. Kevin Rankins, a physician in Elliot Hospital's emergency department, demonstrates a virtual appointment. With New Hampshire emergency departments filling up, one hospital is trying to reduce wait ...

The program, which rolled out in January, allows patients to connect with one of the hospital’s emergency physicians over a virtual appointment that typically lasts 15 minutes. Virtual hours are ...

CHEO is running the new service daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Parents are asked to fill out an online form to see if they're a fit for a virtual consultation, or would be better off heading straight to ...

ST. LOUIS — Doctors are urging, if you have a cough, cold, sore throat, or other non-life-threatening ailment, consider calling your doctor or virtual care rather than turning up at the emergency room ...

How does Meritus Health bridge the gap between when most doctor’s offices and urgent care facilities close and a rush to the emergency department for a nonemergency need? Welcome to the virtual care ...

When seven-year-old Jaxx Atkinson woke one August night struggling to breathe, his mother Brooke knew he needed help fast. She called triple-0 and paramedics arrived and quickly stabilised her son.