by University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Survivors of COVID-19 are a vulnerable population who often have health ramifications from their illness and hospital stay. Upon returning home from acute care, large proportions of survivors experience functional dependencies, pain, dyspnea, and ...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, is a pandemic with more than 32 million cases and more than 500,000 deaths nationwide. With the significant health consequences seen secondary to COVID-19, health care disparities have been further exa...
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 ...
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 already died, from dozens of countries, professions, and specialties. Here we honor them all. Physicians, nurses, assistants, technic...
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine says aCOVID-19vaccine could be available within the next month, although when a vaccine does become available, it won't be "an immediate cure or end" to the pandemic. "If the federal approval process remains on track — we still have to see...
By Anthony Hennen | The Center Square HARRISBURG, PA – Some Pennsylvania health care regulations were temporarily suspended to adapt to COVID-19. Now,
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...
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine announced targeted efforts to stem the surge of newCOVID-19cases Tuesday. Anyone who visits from another state will soon be required to have a negative test within 72 hours before entering the state. If they can't or choose not to get a test...
A shift toward virtual ICU (that is, eICU) models is underway. Mercy Virtual in Pennsylvania1 is 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 c...
As a hospital worker in Pennsylvania put it: “The staff was overwhelmed, the resources were running out, and our exposure to COVID was extremely high. It was terrible, honestly, and scary.” Though COVID-19 isn’t as rampant or severe as it was two years ago, the threat of work...