COVID-19

Outside of the loss of human life due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past two years have greatly affected hospitals, health systems and the way providers deliver care. Healthcare executives are grappling with federal monetary assistance, growing burnout rates, workforce shortages and federal oversight of vaccines and testing. This channel is also designed to update clinicians on new research and guidelines regarding COVID patient treatment strategies and risk assessments.

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COVID crisis kept parents away from pediatric ERs early on, may still be doing so

Almost a quarter of families would have balked before bringing an ill or injured child to the emergency department last spring, when COVID-19’s initial surge was underway in the U.S.

COVID-19 hospitalizing more children, raising new worries about resources

The national average increase over the study period was 760%—from 2.0 pediatric hospitalizations per 100,000 persons in May to 17.2 in November.

Frontline healthcare workers maintaining mental resilience during COVID crisis

Researchers have found nonmedical working professionals bearing significantly more depression and anxiety these days than doctors and nurses working with or near COVID-19 patients.

HHS goes live with online locator of COVID-countering therapeutic drugs

The agency has posted an interactive map showing the locations of drug distributors that have recently received shipments of two monoclonal antibody medications good for treating COVID-19.

Dr. Makary to U.S. hospital leadership: ‘Let’s stop arguing and be pragmatic’ about COVID immunization

When it comes to administering COVID-19 vaccinations to the people most in need of immunization, hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are botching the operation.

College campuses both COVID superspreaders and COVID busters

Of 30 nationally representative college campuses in the U.S., 17 had COVID-19 outbreaks that spread to neighboring communities as classes resumed for the fall.

Hospital M&A experts: COVID-19 ‘will be a catalyst in reshaping U.S. healthcare for years to come’

The COVID crisis has shushed but not silenced hospitals’ talks on mergers and acquisitions in 2020.

10 things U.S. healthcare should do ASAP for COVID patients, families and caregivers

Two prominent palliative care specialists are calling on the nation’s healthcare influencers to rethink restrictive visitation policies and scattershot communication practices. 

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The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

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