Quality and Safety
Rapid Supplier Connect is designed to help health systems and government agencies identify and onboard alternative vendors when certain supplies and PPE are in shortage.
HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded $5 million to develop cross-state licensure for clinicians.
It's important to control the spread of COVID-19 among the homeless, says Dr. Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, senior medical director of HealthEC.
The process kills germs from N95 masks while ensuring that the only person who touches the mask is the original mask-wearer.
Even when asked to suspect themselves infected, 9% would still avoid treatment, suggesting gaps in coverage or poor finances.
Hospitals should be planning early for equipment, beds and people, and listening to epidemiologists about the kinds of numbers to expect.
Providers should seek ways to automate the process as much as possible to curtail the manual work involved.
A Long Island nurse shares a journal of the crisis from the beginning.
The ventilators allow "patients who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to survive, to survive," says Dr. Stephen Richardson.
Gene therapy delivered through the adeno-associated virus is likely the most attractive alternative treatment until a vaccine is produced.