The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate the economic impact of the pandemic to the health care system, and the policy and recommendations that will help in the recovery process. A discussion of the economic impact to healthcare will be presented first including the interventions ...
A shift toward virtual ICU (that is, eICU) models is underway. Mercy Virtual in Pennsylvania1is an example where patients are at home and intubated with a nurse in attendance while critical care specialists monitor patients remotely. 1.2. Delivery of elective ...
As a provider of elderly Home Care in Collingdale, Pennsylvania, our focus is to bring you comfort and safety so you will not experience accidents and health worsening. Keeping you at your best is our duty. We will be here to assist you in fulfilling your tasks against the barriers you ex...
Software providers test health care AI bots, but are they accurate?05:16 Preparingcancer patientsfor difficult decisions is an oncologist's job. They don't always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient's treatment...
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. UPDATED June 3, 2021 Healthcare workers are on the front lines of the global effort to care for patients with COVID-19, while putting themselves at risk for infection. Thousands have ...
The Quarterly: What are some of the roles AmerisourceBergen is trying to play in addressing COVID-19?Steve Collis: AmerisourceBergen is in the center of so many things in healthcare. I often say our three “holy grails” are the community physicians, veteri...
Christopher Chabris, PhD (Geisinger), and participants in “Behavioral Science and COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance,” a virtual meeting convened by the University of Pennsylvania on December 16, 2020, provided helpful comments. None of these individuals was compensated for their contributions. Additional ...
For many healthcare employers, phase one and phase two COVID-19 vaccine deadlines are either here or quickly approaching. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), in an exercise of enforcement discretion, has begun monitoring covered CMS provider and supplier types (covered ...
“The Covid-19 crisis is expediting a cultural change in healthcare that might have taken 5 to 7 years. Now things are going to go much faster because patient acceptation has increased. Things move much better and quicker when patients lead change,” he said. ...
JNCCN: Improving COVID-19 safety for cancer patients and healthcare providers April 9 2020 1/7 Credit: CC0 Public Domain 2/7 The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)—an alliance of leading cancer centers—is continuing to share new resources for optimal cancer management amid new and ...