Quality and Safety
During January and February, demand for N95 face masks surged, up 400% and 585%, respectively.
The emergency request is in addition to the other funding being considered by Congress for COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts.
Moral distress has been correlated with traumatic stress, burnout, depression and even intent to leave a position or profession.
The good news is that a higher percentage of hospitals are meeting Leapfrog's minimum volume standards in 2019 than 2018.
"I don't think it's inevitable," President Trump says of the spread of deadly COVID-19 in the United States.
Patients rate their satisfaction just as highly if their doctor is white or African-American, man or woman.
Microscopic changes in the transmission rate trigger macroscopic jumps in the expected epidemic size, research found.
"Current global circumstances suggest it's likely this virus will cause a pandemic," says CDC Principal Deputy Director Dr. Anne Schuchat.
China is the world's largest supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients, and the outbreak could be throwing a wrench into global API distribution.
Its Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs aims to make changes that allow providers to focus on patients.