Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
After treating the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in the U.S., Providence health system was able to use its scale and scope to quickly ramp up and deploy resources in response to the unprecedented public health emergency, the organization writes in 鈥淏etter Together: The Value of Scale.鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services announced that later this week it will distribute $9 billion of the $17 billion in Provider Relief Fund 鈥淧hase 4鈥 payments to providers who have experienced revenue losses and expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a new report from the Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development鈥檚 2021 Thought Leader Forum, leaders from Novant Health, ProMedica and RWJBarnabas Health share their perspectives on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care transformation. SHSMD is an AHA professional鈥
About four in 10 eligible U.S. adults aged 65 or older received a booster or additional primary dose of COVID-19 vaccine between Aug. 13 and Nov. 19, with lowest coverage among American Indian or Alaska Native (30%), Hispanic or Latino (34%), and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander persons (鈥
The fourth and current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a worrisome landscape for the nursing profession. Nurses across the country report that they no longer feel celebrated as heroes as they did in the early days of the pandemic.
The Food and Drug Administration announced the widely anticipated expansion of Pfizer鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization to allow booster doses for 16- and 17-year-olds.
The AHA released a new issue of the COVID-19 Snapshot underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency.
In the final episode of our four-part series on Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) Elisa Arespacochaga, AHA vice president of clinical affairs and workforce, sits down with Nicole Iarrobino, senior project administrator of Patient and Family Advisory Councils at John Hopkins Hospital and鈥
Tamiko Stanley, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Luminis Health, reflects on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and best practices moving forward.
Mixing facts and fun, Hillcrest Medical Center and the Tulsa Health Department are helping kids learn about preventing spread of the flu and COVID-19.