Patient Care Suffers as ER Waits Increase

As reported in the Houston Chronicle last month, a new study has found that emergency room waiting times nationwide increased 36 percent between 1997 and 2004. The study, conducted by researchers from the Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School, concluded that the increased wait likely has an adverse impact on patient care and may cause some to leave the hospital before seeing a doctor. Data for the study were based on the more than 90,000 emergency room visits in urban and non-urban areas.  If you believe that you or a loved one has been the victim of an unnecessary delay in treatment at a hospital emergency room, contact the lawyers at Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White for a free consultation.