Patients in the Cambridge Health system waited to see a provider for a median of 10 minutes, compared with a national median of 29 minutes for other ERs seeing a comparable number of patients, government data show. Hospitals are making a push to fix one of the most irritating issues in health care : the emergency room . Armed with new technologies and strategies borrowed from the business world , some facilities are trying to solve the frustrating experience of waiting , filling out paperwork , explaining a procedure — and then waiting some more .
Hospitals are making a push to fix one of the most irritating issues in health care : the emergency room . Armed with new technologies and strategies borrowed from the business world , some facilities are trying to solve the frustrating experience of waiting , filling out paperwork , explaining a procedure — and then waiting some more .