“It’s before Code Blue,” he said, referring to the common term for patients in acute distress. “Somewhere between two-thirds and fourth-fifths of Code Blue incidents are preceded by this.” ...

"Code Red," "Code Blue," "Code Black" -- people sometimes wonder what these terms mean, especially if they're fans of TV hospital dramas. Technically, there's no formal definition for a code, but ...

Sixty seconds can make or break the outcome of a hospital "code blue" or cardiac arrest response. New research found a hospital code response team rushing to a patient in cardiac arrest may arrive ...

CHICAGO — A “code blue button” to activate code teams via text message may expedite epinephrine administration and increase survival to discharge vs. code activation by overhead ...

Advertisements for hospitals, pharmaceuticals and medical technology routinely tout life-sustaining miracles. No wonder many of us expect miracles and code blue care.

As I was drowsily typing notes recently during an otherwise quiet afternoon in the medical intensive care unit, the resounding call on the overhead speaker snapped me awake: “CODE BLUE! Ground ...

She'll be caring for critically ill patients, solving medical mysteries, intubating a patient who cannot breathe, and reacting to a code blue emergency.

What is diagnostic coding? We are familiar with the transformation of medical records into a format used in healthcare, such as diagnostic coding.

Many hospitals call it “code blue,” a signal given over the intercom when a patient’s heart has stopped. When code blue works well, a team speeds to the bedside and revives the patient. The ...

Florida Blue has claimed in a legal document that it was overbilled by $25 million by The Villages Health, thanks to so-called medical “coding errors.” ...

This change, according to Djohany, resulted in a 67% reduction in Code Blue incidents compared to the period before implementation. Inpatient mortality rate also went down by 9.8%.