A two-part documentary series chronicles how 239-bed Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital confronted the pandemic and changed its operations to best battle COVID. Produced by the Doylestown Health Foundation, partly for a fundraising initiative for the stand-alone hospital, the videos tell a story that is unique to Doylestown, while echoing the experiences of many other systems. A
Now stretching into its ninth month, the coronavirus pandemic is putting significant strain on paramedics and emergency medical technicians across the U.S., the CEOs of ambulance companies told CNBC on Friday. “There’s a huge shortage of paramedics nationwide, whether it be for the public fire departments or the private ambulance companies,” Richard Zuschlag, chief executive
Dive Brief: Walgreens Boots Alliance plans to open 40 on-site primary care clinics by the third quarter of 2021, including sites in Houston that are already online and some in Phoenix opening this month. The clinics will be operated as part of an agreement with VillageMD, which is providing medical personnel to staff the sites.
Black and Latino COVID-19 patients’ worse outcomes stem largely from not being able to access care quickly enough, rather than any underlying health conditions, according to a new study. A new study of more than 2,600 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 published Friday in JAMA Network Open found Black and Latino patients had a lower risk
A cohort of researchers and developers announced Friday that the Android app CommonHealth — which lets users see and share health data such as lab test results, immunizations, and medications from their records — is now connected to 230 U.S. health systems. Similar to Apple Health Records for iPhone users, the free app — produced
CMS on Thursday detailed its highly anticipated geographic direct contracting model for Medicare beneficiaries. The program, which the agency’s innovation arm has been developing for more than two years, is intended to encourage provider care coordination across a physical area. “We believe it’s one of the center’s largest bets on value-based care to date,” Center
SINGAPORE — Fitch Ratings expects Brent prices to drop to $45 per barrel in 2021 — even though there’s good news on the vaccine front, the credit rating agency said this week. That’s close to 9% lower than what a Refinitiv Eikon poll is predicting. Brent crude could be around $49.35 next year, with $50
Aetna this week updated its coverage policy to include noninvasive prenatal testing for all pregnancies. According to Aetna’s updated policy, the Hartford, Connecticut-based insurer now considers NIPT using measurement of cell-free fetal nucleic acids in maternal blood to be medically necessary for screening for fetal aneuploidy in all pregnant women. The move comes at a
center>Honing behavioral skills, such as teamwork and leadership, can help surgeons avert disasters. (Photo source: Adobe Stock Photos) I turned the corner and there it was. The Death Star, as locals call it, because it’s star-shaped, imposing, and has a helipad on the roof. Also known as the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow—a state-of-the-art, 14-floor
Dan Trigub — the recent head of Uber Health and a former member of Lyft’s health care arm — has always been passionate about home care. Before joining Uber (NYSE: UBER), Trigub owned his own startup focused on the aging population. For the past 15 or so years, his family has even operated one of
As mission-driven organizations, SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan have leaned into trying to solve some of health care’s biggest problems. In particular, keeping seniors independent and healthy at home has been a major area of focus. SCAN Group is a nonprofit organization focused on helping older adults age in place. Founded in 1977, Long
This picture taken on November 23, 2020 shows a bottle reading “Vaccine Covid-19” next to US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German biotechnology company Biontech logos on November 23, 2020. Joel Saget | AFP | Getty Images The U.K. this week became the first country to authorize Pfizer‘s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, likely adding pressure
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The non-medical home care industry has slowly carved out an important position within the larger health care continuum over the past several years. It has done so thanks to the home care’s documented ability to improve health outcomes and cut costs. The COVID-19 pandemic has only solidified home care’s role, especially as caregivers continue to
Although healthcare workers and nursing home residents are at the top of the list for COVID-19 vaccinations, there are still many steps needed to guarantee a smooth rollout. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice recommended that the two groups should be in the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination, but
In its initial announcement, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) went out of its way to clearly state its new hospital-at-home waiver program was not designed for home health agencies. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t any upside for them, industry insiders say. Unveiled on Nov. 25, CMS’s new hospital-at-home waiver program
Medical staff members prepare to perform a percutaneous tracheostomy procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) during Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center on November 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images More than 100,000 people are currently in hospitals across the U.S. sick with Covid-19, as
On Wednesday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced the Compassionate Care Act, a bill that would support advance care planning and end-of-life care. For home health providers with existing hospice service lines or ambitions for expanding into palliative care, the news is encouraging. If passed, the Compassionate Care Act places more resources behind public awareness campaigns
LONDON (AP) — Britain authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for use Wednesday, greenlighting the first shot backed up by rigorous scientific review. The first vaccinations are expected within days — a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic. The go-ahead for the vaccine from American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech comes as the virus surges again
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A shorter version of this column has been published by Axios. We have never seen a year in which health spending actually goes down. Now the seemingly impossible is happening, but the reason – COVID-19 – makes it both anomalous and more tragic than a cause for celebration. + Year-to-date spending on health services is
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