Category: COVID-19 for the Workforce

Medical administrators are scrambling to find enough nursing help for the COVID surges and hospitalizations across the country.

It is currently anticipated that a vaccine will be authorized by the FDA by mid-December, and the CDC estimates that most people in these high-priority groups could be fully vaccinated by early next year.

COVID–related shortages of PPE and drugs continue to plague the US healthcare system, but now in the third US pandemic wave, nursing and other staffing shortages are sweeping the country.

While major metropolitan hospitals have largely stabilized their supply chains for PPE, facilities and communities that serve some of the most vulnerable populations are still struggling to get what they need.

A majority of providers said patient health has noticeably worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic due to delayed or inaccessible care.

Even in this year unlike any other, there's still plenty to be thankful for—including some notable developments in healthcare policy.

The announcement includes allowances for safe hospital care for eligible patients in their homes, and updated staffing flexibility.

From ultra-cold storage capabilities to extra security staff, facilities are bracing now for their role in distribution of an eventual vaccine.

Essential workers are likely to move ahead of adults 65 and older and people with high-risk medical conditions when the CDC signs off on COVID-19 vaccine priority lists.

Clinicians across the country are struggling both mentally and financially as the pandemic enters a new phase with record case numbers.