Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare swapped out its code-based emergency announcements for announcements that will be made in plain language. Previously, emergency announcements or safety warnings were ...

The Washington State Hospital Association hopes patients and visitors notice something when they hear an emergency call over the facility’s loudspeaker: they can understand it. The reason it would be ...

DUBOIS, Pa. (WTAJ) — Starting next week, Penn Highlands Healthcare will overhaul its emergency alert system across all hospitals and senior living facilities in a move aimed at improving safety and ...

The main entrance of Conemaugh Health System's Memorial Medical Center Lee Campus in Johnstown. Conemaugh Health System is moving away from color codes – like Code Red or Code Blue – to signal ...

Anyone who has ever seen a medical show knows what a “code blue” is. For those not in the know, it’s a medical facility’s emergency code that a patient needs to be resuscitated. That isn’t the only ...