Tag: COVID-19

The following is a list of principles and considerations to guide physicians, nurses and local facilities in their resumption of care in operating rooms and all procedural areas.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. is planning to hire more than 4,500 health care workers for additional support in its battle against the COVID-19 emergency.

Without swift federal intervention and funding, many rural and safety-net hospitals may close, two hospital associations warned this week.

years of budget cuts and underinvestment in public health have made it challenging for LHDs to maintain these foundational capabilities—let alone have the surge capacity to address the COVID-19 crisis.

To help adult day services providers through this period, several states are providing funds even for those providers who have suspended services.

Created to assist nursing students whose education and lives have been directly impacted by COVID-19, the Foundation for Academic Nursing, the new philanthropic arm of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), announced the COVID-19 Nursing Student Support Fund.

From Stat News: "During a time when collaboration among different types of medical providers is essential, conflict or division often prevents us from providing the best care for patients."

From the NY Times: The coronavirus is forcing reforms that could change America’s health care system forever if Congress requires it.

From NPR - It's a moment that people with disabilities have long feared: there's a shortage of life-saving equipment, like ventilators, and doctors say they maybe forced to decide who lives and who dies.

From NPR - Dozens of blood tests are rapidly coming on the market to identify people who have been exposed to the coronavirus by checking for antibodies against it.