The American Hospital Association (AHA) has asked Congress to provide more financial relief as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

Stories of stress and burnout among healthcare workers, particularly nurses, continue to make news during the COVID-19 pandemic and new research shows these mental health problems can  decreased quality of patient care provided to patients.

The average wages for U.S. healthcare workers rose less than wages in other industries during 2020 and the first six months of 2021, despite the healthcare workforce shouldering the heavy burden of fighting the pandemic.

President Biden shared an outline of his new plan to combat the ongoing COVID-19 crisis during his State of the Union speech on March 1.

The surge in the omicron COVID-19 variant slammed the financial health of hospitals and health systems during the first month of 2022.

Clinicians and health systems have had more time to optimize their telemedicine practices, contributing to an increase in telemedicine’s overall favorability among patients, according to a report by Doximity. 

Nearly $19 billion will have been distributed from the Provider Relief Fund and the American Rescue Plan Rural provider funding since November 2021.

Sixty-two percent of those surveyed believe significant reliance on other countries for medicines is among the biggest contributing factor to medicine shortages, according to new survey results.

COVID-19 has led to a quick and steep decline in patient safety across the entire American healthcare system.

A second booster shot may be necessary to protect against COVID-19.

Every 10 additional PCPs per 100,000 people was associated with a 0.3% higher vaccination rate.

In some cases, out-of-network providers charged $185 for a test that costs $130, on average, America’s Health Insurance Plans stated in a recent letter.

Under the Biden administration's new mandate, Medicare and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries will be eligible for eight free tests each month.

Santiago Garcia, MD, lead author of the study and director of the structural heart program at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, presented new data from the North American COVID-19 STEMI (NACMI) registry at ACC.22. Severity of heart attacks were reduced in vaccinated patients, with zero deaths in vaccinated patients in 2021.

The increased risk of deep vein thrombosis lasts for up to three months, researchers found. 

Sant’Andrea University Hospital in Rome saw overall imaging volumes plummet 21.5% but improved numbers among vulnerable populations using real-time data, experts wrote in European Radiology.