Delays in transferring patients with stroke for advanced treatment are linked to worse disability, fewer lifesaving procedures, and more complications, a large US study shows.

Stroke patients who were treated by a mobile interventional stroke team were nearly twice as likely to be functionally independent three months after their stroke compared to patients who were ...

Gaps in the U.S. stroke transfer system are drastically reducing survivors' chances of receiving critical treatment and ...

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There may be times when it is necessary to lift someone or help them to transfer out of a wheelchair to another location. Anytime you need to assist someone in transferring or if someone has to be ...

The authors reviewed physician-to-physician conversations during emergency transfer of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and found that higher-quality physician coordination was ...

Patients’ insurance coverage and gender may influence the likelihood of a hospital transferring them to another acute-care facility, according to a study from the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Some San Diego County hospitals are experiencing delays or denials to transfer patients between facilities as hospital capacity, especially staffing, becomes increasingly limited during the recent ...

The median interhospital transfer time for stroke patients needing targeted therapy is 174 minutes, which is longer than the recommended 120 minutes, results of a new US registry-based study show. The ...