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

Color codes used to alert hospital staff of emergencies in their facilities are under scrutiny in Texas in light of increased infectious disease and mass casualty situations, The Dallas Morning News ...

Missouri hospitals are taking healthcare’s transparency movement a step further: They will stop using “code black” and other emergency codes and instead use plainer language, such as “bomb threat,” ...