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COVID-19
“Reopening” Blog…Perspectives and Protocols – (5/27/2020)
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. As decision makers cautiously begin to allow the resumption of elective procedures, OSN is talking…
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COVID-19 cases among health care workers top 62,000, CDC reports
May 26, 2020 / By Erika Edwards More than 62,000 doctors, nurses and other health care providers on the front lines…
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There Are Tough Financial Days Ahead For U.S. Healthcare In The Wake Of The Coronavirus Pandemic
May 18, 2020 / Stephen Thomas, Contributor I was leading my hospital’s daily Covid-19 huddle when my colleague slid his…
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Dr. Martin Makary and Victor Agbafe: Telehealth access should be expanded after coronavirus emergency
May 11, 2020 / Opinion- By Dr. Martin Makary, Victor C. Agbafe | Fox News The coronavirus pandemic has been exposing unnecessary routines in many industries. In health…
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Why America’s Lasting Advantages May Allow the Country to Emerge Stronger After COVID-19
May 7, 2020 / BY IAN BREMMER COVID-19 has killed tens of thousands of Americans, thrown tens of millions more out of…
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It’s Not Hopeless: These Doctors Explain What COVID-19 Has In Common With Diseases We Know How To Manage
May 6, 2020 / Allan Detsky, Contributor, Isaac Bogoch, Former Contributor As physicians and other health care workers struggle to…
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Financial
SEIU: Hospital Chain with Record of Bilking Taxpayers and Cutting Services Now Wants to Slash Pay at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, Even as Workers Treat COVID-19 Patients
LYNWOOD, Calif., May 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Prime Healthcare Services has told workers at St. Francis Medical Center it intends to slash wages…
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Eerie Emptiness Of ERs Worries Doctors: Where Are The Heart Attacks And Strokes?
May 6, 2020 / WILL STONE, ELLY YU The patient described it as the “worst headache of her life.” She…
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CVS Health’s Telehealth Clinic Visits Surge Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
May 6, 2020 / Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor CVS Health reported a 600% surge in use of its retail health…
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Extremities
Managing Your Orthopaedic Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
ROSEMONT, Ill., May 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented situation that has raised healthcare questions for patients of…
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Is telehealth here to stay?
May 4, 2020 / By Krystina Alarcon | Fox News With the surge of doctors’ offices transitioning to telemedicine platforms during the…
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Cleveland Clinic, Epic develop home monitoring tool for COVID-19 patients
April 30, 2020 / Lydia Coutre, Crain’s Cleveland Business Cleveland Clinic worked with Epic, its electronic health record vendor, to develop and…
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Top White House healthcare policy deputy resigns
April 30, 2020 / RACHEL COHRS The White House’s top healthcare policy adviser will leave his post next month, a…
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Mass General/Harvard Lab Using Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor to Decontaminate N95 Masks
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., April 24, 2020 They didn’t secure 500,000 test kits from South Korea. They did something…
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Cost-effective canopy protects health workers from COVID-19 infection during ventilation
April 23, 2020 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor Healthcare workers are rightly being lauded as heroes as they hunker down on…
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