HE news that drew views this week

As Joe Biden makes plans to intensify the federal response to the COVID crisis, he can expect support on that agenda item from 77% of Democrats, 62% of independents, 55% of Republicans and 50% of others.

Improving the patient experience will top the list of hospitals’ strategies for winning and retaining patients in 2021. Not far behind will be facilitating access to care.

President-elect Joe Biden wants to drop Medicare’s eligibility age to 60. If he succeeds, the move might bring in well more than 20 million new enrollees. What are the odds he’ll plant that piece of a potentially sweeping healthcare agenda?  

A healthcare research firm specializing in purchasing has considered the post-election landscape from the vantage point of large employers offering health benefits to their workers.

Coronavirus chaos notwithstanding, more than 80% of penalty-eligible hospitals will feel the pain of readmission reductions during the current fiscal year.

The temporary telehealth reforms put in place to help the U.S. weather the COVID-19 storm “are good for patients and should be made permanent.”

Will the public be braced enough for the expected side effects of shot No. 1 that they’ll follow through with the essential second round?

A new AI tool can accurately separate the patients who would do better getting restorative sleep till morning from those who, due to unstable condition, really need their vital signs checked overnight.

The COVID crisis has given AI a chance to shine for medical researchers this year—and shine it has, judging by one prominent center’s experience.