A hospital giant faces questions about whether it’s been too quick to admit patients to the hospital from the emergency room.
Quick thinking and a $2.2 million investment preserved the emergency room.
In some hospitals, you could pay thousands of dollars just to sit in the waiting room.
When people wind up in an emergency room, it adds up to about $100,000 per person.
A New York hospital is introducing telescreens into the emergency room in an effort to save time — and possibly money.