COVID-19 costs could push hospitals to rethink billions of dollars in wasted supplies
Hospitals have a lot of room to reduce, reuse and recycle supplies – as many were forced to discover during the pandemic.
March 2, 2021 • ~6 min
Hospitals have a lot of room to reduce, reuse and recycle supplies – as many were forced to discover during the pandemic.
A year after it became clear that COVID-19 was becoming a pandemic, there is still no cure, but doctors have several innovative treatments. Some are keeping patients out of the hospital entirely.
Changing how rural hospitals are paid is one way to shake up the system.
Faced unexpected rises in COVID-19 admissions, computer models can help senior managers plan the use of hospital beds.
Dayton Children’s Hospital has begun to screen patients and their families for food insecurity, referring many of them to its 'Food Pharm.'
Hospitals are losing staff to quarantines as rural case numbers rise, and administrators fear flu season will make make it worse. And then there's the politics.
A survey suggests that most Americans feel that discussions about charitable support may interfere with the relationship between doctors and their patients.
Coronavirus cases have risen sharply across the Mountain West, Midwest and plains. Over 70% of nonmetropolitan counties are now "red zones," suggesting viral spread is out of control.
Three new studies show corticosteroids can reduce deaths in critically ill COVID-19 patients. But what about other patients?
Pandemic policy experts offer 10 recommendations that could reduce the risk that a bad flu season on top of the COVID-19 pandemic will overwhelm hospitals.
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