July 2, 2020
(STAT News) – Hospitals and clinics are running into thorny challenges and making weighty judgment calls as they try to weave an algorithm with such momentous implications into the fabric of a clinical team’s already complex and frenetic workflow, a … Read More
June 22, 2020
(Knowable Magazine) – Regardless of when the Covid-19 threat dissipates, video visits have crossed a tipping point to become a mainstream way to obtain care, says cardiologist Joe Smith, coauthor of an overview of telemedicine in the Annual Review of … Read More
June 17, 2020
(The Atlantic) – Palliative care is about providing comfort—physical and emotional—to patients who are seriously ill, including those who may be close to death. Before the pandemic, deLima Thomas’s team worked with patients with kidney disease or cancer or heart … Read More
June 16, 2020
(The Conversation) – But for many American health care providers, this time is unprecedented in terms of the ways in which our lives are threatened. Roughly 77,000 U.S. health care workers have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Centers … Read More
June 12, 2020
(The Guardian) – Medical shortages in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, have left many healthcare workers in a desperate hunt for medical supplies. Community clinics, nursing homes and independent doctors, in particular, find themselves on the fringe of the … Read More
June 12, 2020
(Medscape) – Physicians rate death disclosures as among the most stressful type of communication they have, but many receive minimal training in how to deliver bad news in a way that best protects both recipient and physician well-being. With many … Read More
June 11, 2020
(U.S. News & World Report) – The pain caused by the coronavirus was more than substantial, and the palliative care workers who have braved dangerous conditions – and often gone underrecognized for their efforts – handled the patient surge with … Read More
June 8, 2020
(BBC) – Coronavirus has radically altered the working life of hospitals. But it has not just affected the doctors, nurses and ancillary staff. While the main role of chaplains – helping patients find a sense of peace – remains unchanged, … Read More
June 3, 2020
(Kaiser Health News) – Doctors are fighting not only to save lives from COVID-19, but also to protect patients’ brains. Although COVID-19 is best known for damaging the lungs, it also increases the risk of life-threatening brain injuries — from … Read More
May 26, 2020
(ABC News) – Intensive care units in Chile’s hospitals are nearly at capacity amid a flood of coronavirus patients, authorities said Tuesday, and doctors are having to make wrenching choices over which patients should get available beds. Health officials said … Read More
