Quality and Safety
Care staff is often required to shift time and resources away from other patients to treat those with a life-threatening need for dialysis treatment.
In the U.S., recruiting internationally educated nurses is addressing the ongoing nursing shortages.
More substantive improvements occurred in Canada as compared to the U.S., suggesting recommendations work best with policy change.
The COVID-19 virus may be at least as transmissible as SARS; WHO officials cautioned it's too early to tell if the spread will keep slowing.
World Health Organization says it hopes to have a candidate vaccine in 16 weeks.
WHO stopped short of calling the COVID-19 coronavirus a pandemic, saying much of its spread is still localized to China.
For the second year in a row, residents say making sure people with mental health problems can get treatment is their top healthcare priority.
The monetary figures at stake in each case varied wildly, ranging from $1,600 at the low end to $14 million at the high end.
Authors call for allowing Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices with manufacturers, which is currently prohibited by law.
The outbreak could also ultimately increase demand for hospital services, medical products and devices as well as certain drugs.