Amazon Web Services is corralling the expertise of more than 30 research institutions, businesses and startups to help combat COVID-19. The cloud giant has allotted $20 million for the work.
CMS conducted an inspection of a nursing home based in Kirkland, Washington, the Life Care Center, considered to be the epicenter of the state’s outbreak of the new coronavirus, and is planning to inspect more nursing homes impacted by the virus.
Efforts to limit the spread of the new coronavirus have made all of us extra cautious about germs and familiar with the concept of social distancing—but that doesn’t mean all exercise has to be put on hold.
The Chicago-based imaging giant said the increase in manufacturing capacity will also include greater output of ultrasound devices, patient monitors and ventilators.
While employment levels of most healthcare sectors rebounded to pre-COVID levels in 2021, the researchers found there was a 13.6% decline in employment at skilled nursing facilities compared to 2019.
A recent poll from the Medical Group Management Association found that a staggering 89% of practice leaders are facing a shortage of such PPE.
The idea is to initially place the device in medical waiting areas, from where it would help prepare staff for caseload ebbs and flows. Later it might be set in larger public spaces, helping to monitor epidemiological trends at the population level.
As the debate rages on as to whether women should receive routine breast cancer screenings before 50, researchers have put a price tag to the practice.
A new survey from Cardiovascular Business examines the attitudes and priorities of leaders in cardiology and other specialties, shining light on how patient care may evolve in the years ahead.
