Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
In its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported early increases in the rate of positive test results for Americans younger than age 25 living in 767 COVID-19 hotspot counties in June and July.
Cynthia Caroselli, PhD, RN, associate healthcare system director for patient services and chief nurse executive at the Veterans Affairs (VA) New York Harbor Healthcare System shared the lessons learned during her organization’s experience at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of…
The Ohio State University and National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience will host the second annual Summit on Promoting Well-Being and Resilience in Healthcare Professionals Oct. 21-23 addressing burnout among health care professionals.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) partnered with the University of New Mexico’s ECHO Institute in Albuquerque, N.M., and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston to establish a National Nursing Home COVID Action Network.
Use of telehealth services increased exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the focus of the latest issue of the Joint Commission publication Quick Safety.
In his Executive Order on Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental—and Behavioral—Health, President Trump established a mental health working group to prevent suicide, end the opioid crisis and improve mental and behavioral health.
The American Hospital Association released updated resources for its “Wear a Mask” and “United Against the Flu” campaigns.
AONL, in addition to the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Nurses Association, is endorsing the Frontline Heroes Act, (H.R. 8441) which would provide survival benefits to the families of health care workers who die from COVID-19 and disability benefits to health care workers…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data this week on the incidence of COVID-19 in children.
The experience of a 361-bed independent medical center using telemedicine and telemonitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic forms the core of an Oct. 7 webinar hosted by the American Hospital Association.