Practitioners must be extremely cautious when seeing patients who have potentially contracted COVID-19. Like many other organizations, Oak Street Health in Illinois has developed a specific protocol for the evaluation of such cases.
To boost resources for treating hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, governors across the country have ordered hospitals to...Read More »
As we incorporate social distancing measures into our everyday routines to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), hospitals...Read More »
There are several legal considerations when licensed healthcare workers cross state lines during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic...Read More »
As employers begin looking beyond the immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and start thinking of bringing people back to work, they will be...Read More »
After pushback from minority communities and people with disabilities, Massachusetts has revised its care-rationing guidelines in the case of a...Read More »
According to John Lynch, MD, the medical director of Harbor View Medical Center’s infection prevention and control program, the Seattle hospital...Read More »
Each healthcare facility needs a disaster preparedness plan, which should include steps the facility will take in the event of a natural disaster or other event that temporarily overtaxes its resources. One element of such disaster plans is language ensuring that appropriate...
