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Receptionists at GP surgeries should not be a medical 'triage' service, campaigners claimed today.Under an NHS drive to free up doctors' time, clerical staff have been trained as 'care navigators'. Medical unions insist they play a key role…

Artificial intelligence (AI) may help improve care for patients who show up at the hospital with acute chest pain, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). "To the best of…

The COVID-19 pandemic has led healthcare organizations to draft plans for critical patient care in the event of shortages of resources such as ventilators. Invoking "crisis-care" standards at a hospital would prompt the deployment of a…

Shaving critical minutes off the time it takes to diagnose a heart attack and begin treatment could be as simple as the push of a button. Using a programmable button to page a phlebotomist for a blood draw reduced the time it took to…

Inside Ukraine, journalists are facing more direct — and potentially lethal — risks. Brent Renaud, an American documentary filmmaker, was fatally shot in the head on Sunday in a suburb of Kyiv. On Monday, a Fox News correspondent, Benjamin…

Hospitalized children who need critical care will receive treatment even if Alberta's intensive care units are stretched beyond capacity, says Alberta Health Services. The health authority confirmed Wednesday that children and youth will…

The head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta, even though the protocol hasn’t officially been implemented. Dr. Paul Parks said that in recent…

The head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta. Dr. Paul Parks said that in recent days some critically ill COVID-19 patients who should be on ventilators…

If COVID-19 pushes Alberta's health-care system past the breaking point, critical care will be reserved for patients with the greatest chance of survival, according to a government document that details how those life-and-death decisions…