Articles Tagged With: COVID-19
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ED Administrators, Advocacy Orgs Search for Missing Patients
Recent steep declines in U.S. emergency department visits, attributed to fears about contracting COVID-19, alarm the healthcare industry.
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Cheap, Common Steroid Shows Efficacy Against COVID-19
British researchers are excited about their discovery, but full results have not been published.
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Industrial-Grade Mask Could Be Viable Alternative to N95 Respirators
The persistent shortage of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic has led some to search for viable workarounds.
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COVID-19 Lockdown Measures May Have Prevented 530 Million Additional Infections
Researchers studied actions taken in six countries and the resulting outcomes.
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The ‘Parallel Pandemic’: Clinicians May Face Post-Traumatic Stress
Medical experts are expecting a second wave of mental health issues to hit healthcare workers after the novel coronavirus abates. Some are warning that a “parallel pandemic” of post-traumatic stress will beset healthcare workers who witnessed COVID-19 deaths and suffering in patients and colleagues.
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Focus on the Emotional Health of Case Managers
Nurse case managers increasingly see patients with worsening health and more chronic conditions. Dealing with critically ill patients has contributed to more symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression among nurses and other healthcare professionals, research shows.
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Remote Case Management Can Prevent COVID-19 Transmission
Many nursing homes across the country were hit hard by COVID-19. Clusters of infections popped up in almost all states, often leading to serious illness and deaths. These stark facts meant case managers and other healthcare professionals needed to be careful about how and when they would facilitate patients moving to and from long-term care facilities.
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Case Management, Including Workers’ Comp, Has Evolved During COVID-19
Case managers have used many telehealth options during the COVID-19 crisis. These include remote physical therapy, video meetings, and monitoring patients’ chronic conditions and vital signs.
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COVID-19 Prompts Leapfrog to Change Surveys for 2020
The Leapfrog Group is making changes to its survey program for 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including an option that allows hospitals to maintain their 2019 results instead of receiving new results for 2020.
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Watch for PTSD in Healthcare Workers Following Their COVID-19 Experience
Physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers who treated patients during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic may experience post-traumatic stress disorder or similar aftereffects that could threaten patient safety and quality of care if not adequately addressed, according to experts who study the lasting effects of trauma.