Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 21 and April 23 will host calls for hospitals, health systems and providers on COVID-19.
When the World Health Assembly designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, they had no idea a pandemic would envelop the world the same year. The convergence of these events is a poignant reminder of nurses’ vital role in caring for patients, comforting families and…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health systems are challenged with a limited supply of screening/testing kits as well as a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff, ventilators, respirators, space, etc. Hospitals cannot adequately respond to these challenges alone. You will…
The Department of Health and Human Services created a page with resources for health care planning and infectious disease, among others.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack responded to a recent commentary in the Washington Post that suggested hospital consolidation has contributed to fewer beds being available to treat COVID-19 patients.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began publishing limited racial and ethnic data on coronavirus cases.
America’s health care workforce is among the most highly skilled and highly trained in the world. But the COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges and exacerbated others.
Even in normal times, health care delivery is hard and tiring work. The COVID-19 pandemic makes it more critical than ever that our care providers find ways to recharge and keep up the fight.
Though most patients are isolated during treatment for COVID-19, health care workers offer care and comfort in creative ways.
America’s hospitals and health systems have been intensely focused on preparing to care for patients suffering from the novel coronavirus. From the very outset of the outbreak, hospitals have significantly transformed their operations – from the use of virtual care to devising solutions to deal…