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Left Ventricular Assist Devices Pose Informed Consent Challenges
Most patients learn about the the option of left ventricular assist devices when they are facing the possibility of death. Emotion is high, and biases of cognition are prevalent. These issues pose challenges to ethical decision-making and informed consent.
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EHRs Raise Ethical Concerns on Autonomy, Trust
Researcher: "Electronic health records will thoroughly change our ethical understanding of the doctor-patient relationship, and will probably require us to rethink it within this digital framework."
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Ethics Consults Center on Conflicts Surrounding ECMO Withdrawal: ‘Dilemma Is When to Stop’
Ethicists are seeing increasing numbers of consults involving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), the most aggressive life-sustaining technology available. With ECMO, which is currently offered by about 250 U.S. hospitals, some patients are saved who would otherwise die.
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Trump Uses Defense Production Act to Speed Medical Supply Production
Administration invokes Cold War-era authorization to allow American industry to close gap on shortages.
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Questions: COVID-19 Mortality, Conspiracy Theories, and the Mysterious Lack of Sick Children
Although there are variables by health status and age, the mortality of COVID-19 is about 10 times greater than a seasonal flu virus.
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CMS Drops Routine Surveys to Focus on COVID-19
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is suspending routine inspections to focus on issues related to infection control and COVID-19 in hospitals, nursing homes, and other accredited sites.
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Coronavirus Kills 32 Residents in Seattle Nursing Homes
COVID-19 infections at several long-term care facilities in the Seattle area have killed at least 32 elderly residents and infected two healthcare workers, the King County Health Department reported.
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Personal Protective Equipment ‘Flying Off the Shelves’
Hospitals are reporting inordinately high “burn rates” of personal protective equipment, as healthcare personnel are exposed to nonstop media coverage of panicked shoppers and grim-faced public health officials.
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CDC Broadens Testing to Include More Patients
As more COVID-19 tests become available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is broadening its criteria to test more symptomatic patients — regardless of travel history or a known exposure to another case.
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CDC Revises Guidelines as Coronavirus Spreads in U.S.
The containment phase of identifying and tracking contacts of individual COVID-19 cases is giving way to a broader social mitigation strategy as the outbreak increases in the United States.