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Hospital Code Red: Here’s What It Means, Explained by a Doctor

Hospitals use color codes to communicate emergencies quickly and discreetly. Each color code represents a different type of ...

Code red: Buyers shun entire Healthscope, CEO proposes radical plan

Healthscope CEO Tino La Spina said that the group had received offers for some of its hospitals, while others could be ...
Tulsa World

Code Red: Hospital Costs

Hospitals today suffer tremendous strain on their bottom lines. Reimbursement levels are dropping, revenues are declining, yet costs are climbing. Increased spending on hospital care, home health ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Washington hospital group leads charge to ditch emergency code calls for plain language

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 ...
Redding Record Searchlight

Shasta officials replacing Code Red alerts. Residents must sign up for a new system

Shasta County public safety dispatch agency officials are replacing the system that enables them to alert residents when there's an emergency in their area. That means the Code Red system that has ...
cbs12.com

Examining the crisis code system in area schools after 2 Code Red commands in PBC

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Parents of students in Palm Beach County Schools are questioning the district’s emergency codes – feeling like it may be causing unnecessary panic. This – after ...