Two Rochester nursing homes fined for poor care (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

The state health department has fined two local nursing homes after Medicare inspectors reported poor care, including one incident where a resident later died after choking during her evening meal. A third nursing home was also cited.

EmpowER Systems(R) announces partnership with ExitCare, LLC to meet EmpowER ED's Emergency Department and In-Patient ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

OAK BROOK, Ill.----EmpowER Systems®, one of the nation’s leading technology systems companies focused on the hospital’s Emergency Department needs, announced today that they partnered with ExitCare, LLC to offer ExitCare’s Discharge Instruction information. “We are very excited to partner with ExitCare because of their reputation in the industry, eight different languages and enterprise-wide ...

Grand opening set for new ER department at FCMC (Forrest City Times-Herald)

The grand opening — including a ribbon cutting and open house — for the completed emergency department at Forrest City Medical Center has been planned for Thursday, Sept. 4, starting at 1 p.m.

New ER may mean faster, better, safer care at Parkland (Park Hills Daily Journal)

FARMINGTON — Doctors in white coats will soon replace workers in hard hats inside the new Emergency Department at Parkland Health Center. The public will get its first look at the $5 million facility during an open house from 4 - 7 p.m. Wednesday. A ribbon cutting will be held at 4:15 p.m.

Autopulse devices to assist Edwardsville emergency medical personnel (Edwardsville Journal)

Edwardsville ambulance workers could have an easier time keeping people alive in transit to emergency care centers after the city gets two Autopulse CPR devices, which are designed to automatically provide CPR to patients.