Articles Tagged With: COVID-19
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Special Report: Humbled CDC Seeks Reinvention, Culture Change
The CDC has taken responsibility for its haphazard response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, admitting to mistakes and miscalculations that often directly affected healthcare workers.
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Hospital Uses Case Management to Shorten LOS for Urologic Oncology Surgery Patients
A timely hospital discharge is particularly challenging for urologic oncology patients after surgery. But the results of a new study show including case management-style coordinated care with an advanced practice provider can dramatically shorten length of stay.
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New Studies Suggest Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring
Remote monitoring of patients with chronic disease can be cost-effective, improve adherence to therapies, improve care, and help alleviate symptoms, a collection of new studies shows.
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Updates to CMS Outpatient Rules
In July, CMS issued proposed rules that could raise Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System rates in 2023.
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FDA Authorizes Updated Boosters to Protect Against Omicron
Agency prepares for potential cold weather COVID-19 case spike with latest vaccine solution.
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Is It Possible to Sway Hesitant Patients to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine?
A survey conducted in a small New York county reveals some challenges moving forward.
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COVID-19 Infection More Likely to Inflame Heart Than Vaccine
Researchers noted patients were much more likely to be afflicted with myocarditis after a SARS-CoV-2 infection than after receiving a vaccine.
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U.S. N95 Respirator Supply Finally Deemed Adequate
Federal regulators remove devices from shortage list.
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Predicting Coma Recovery in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
The COVID-19 pandemic presented us with an unprecedented number of critically ill patients with coma. These investigators determined that the degree of hypoxemia determined the depth and duration of coma, but recovery was much better than expected and could be delayed by several weeks.
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CMS Issues First Fines for Noncompliance with Transparency Rule
CMS has issued the first fines for violations of the Hospital Price Transparency Rule, and more penalties are expected. The first two hospitals fined for violations of the rule, both in Georgia, received written warnings and were allowed more than four months to bring their operations in compliance with the rule.