Overcrowding in Hospital Emergency Departments

Monday, November 26, 2007
Topics: Health, Other, Economy
Download  RSS  Podcast  Short URL  Share

Hospitals in Greater Cleveland are grappling with crowded emergency departments. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that about half of the hospitals in the U.S. are dealing with overcrowding in their ED's. Signs point to the problem getting worse down the road. For this week's conversation about health, we're joined by Dr. Charles Emerman, Associate Chief of Staff at MetroHealth Medical Center.