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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) launched a website this month to provide resources and tools for workers at risk of exposure to COVID-19.
In anticipation of the need to create more intensive care unit (ICU) beds during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) updated its statistics on critical care resources and put forward a strategy for augmenting staff.
As hospitals struggle to make do with a limited supply of face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE), government and private entities are taking steps to address the problem.
Seattle’s University of Washington health system, UW Medicine, and its affiliates are sharing resources they developed as the first providers and administrators to encounter COVID-19 on U.S. soil.
As part of the federal response to COVID-19, Vice President Mike Pence announced this week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will take steps to allow nurses and other medical personnel to practice outside the states where they are licensed.
AONL CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, March 18 attended a White House meeting with President Trump, Vice President Pence, members of the Coronavirus Task Force and leadership from national nursing organizations to discuss nursing’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The independent, nonprofit ECRI released its annual white paper on the top 10 patient safety concerns facing health care organizations. As collaboration across institutions has become increasingly important in health care, this year’s list highlights concerns across the continuum of care. Missed…
This month Headspace, a guided meditation and mindfulness app, began offering health care professionals free access to its content. In addition to short guided meditations, the app includes information about the benefits of meditating, breathing exercises to reduce stress, and guidance on…
An immunologist at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, Md., is working to develop a blood-derived treatment for use against COVID-19. The technique uses antibodies from the blood plasma or serum of people who have recovered from the infection. If all goes well, the team says, it may be…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a fact sheet this week on payment for virtual services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. The goal is to enable providers to render services without exposing patients to possible infection through an office visit. Under its 1135 waiver…