Ambulatory and outpatient care strategy is being driven by many different industry factors, including the need to listen to the voice of the consumer. Ambulatory and outpatient care expansion ...

Ambulatory emergency care (AEC), or same-day emergency care, is an evolving approach in which appropriate adult emergency patients can be diagnosed, treated and discharged from hospital on the same ...

Evidence shows many conditions can be effectively managed out of hospital, with greater patient satisfaction and fewer hospital admissions. South Tyneside Foundation Trust ran a pilot project in which ...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Mercy Hospital officials announced Monday that the increase in COVID-19 cases across the region will keep the Emergency Department at the Mercy Ambulatory Care Center closed a ...

Among Medicare beneficiaries, the relationship between fragmented ambulatory care and subsequent emergency department visits and hospital admissions varies with the number of chronic conditions. Check ...

In response to a CMS final rule on emergency preparedness that was issued last fall, the Joint Commission has updated its guidelines for emergency management across several healthcare settings. The ...