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Hospital app links emergency docs to EMTs

Washington Hospital Center has created a new mobile app to connect ED physicians and cardiologists with EMTs in the ambulance, providing real-time data and video streams of patient ECGs and other

Nearly 1,600 nurses begin 24-hour strike in D.C.

Roughly 1,600 nurses at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., are holding a one-day strike today, in response to a year of periodic contract negotiations, reports the Washington Post.

Nurses unions: Strike votes in D.C. and Massachusetts, pending in Minnesota

Unionized nurses at hospitals across the country continue to back up strike threats with authorization votes--and even firm strike dates--as they fail to find common ground during negotiations with

SPOTLIGHT: Hospital fires 21 staffers for missing work due to a blizzard

A total of 21 employees at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. --15 nurses and six supporting staff--lost their jobs after failing to arrive at work during a blizzard last month that

'Ethical checklists' help residents avoid ethical issues

Checklists have been a big benefit to medicine, most recently in high profile cases demonstrating that they help reduce surgical morbidity and mortality greatly through infection control. Now, at