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'We are open, please come': California hospital urges patients to seek emergency care
A community hospital in Glendale, Calif., is putting out an urgent call to its local community this week: Our emergency room is open and safe; please come.
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The silent sub-epidemic: Patients are staying away from the ER, even in emergencies
Some physicians believe that behind the COVID-19 pandemic is a silent sub-epidemic of people who need care but are too scared to visit emergency rooms, according to The Washington Post.
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Physicians seek solutions for severe COVID-19 patients who develop blood clots
Some severely ill COVID-19 patients are developing blood clots in their lungs, physicians have found, but they do not have a treatment for it, according to STAT News. -
Seriously ill patients prefer shorter life to death in ICU, study finds
A new study shows that patients who are suffering from serious illnesses would be willing to shorten their lifespan rather than die in an intensive care unit, according to MedPage Today.
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Viewpoint: Pandemic will take toll on acutely ill deterred from seeking ER care
Hospitals across the country are being overwhelmed with COVID-19, and they are missing the acutely ill patients they usually cater to, such as heart attack and stroke patients, a physician wrote in an opinion article for The New York Times.
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NYU Langone rapidly expands virtual care amid 'explosion' of COVID-19 pandemic in New York
At the heart of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., NYU Langone Health is now experiencing record numbers of virtual visits between its patients and providers.
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Patients flock to specialists with COVID-19 questions
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting medical specialists in uncharted waters as patients come to them with questions the physicians don't always know how to answer, reports The New York Times.
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Should physicians ditch the white coat during the pandemic? Twitter threads sets off debate
Should physicians continue to wear white coats in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, or will wearing them contribute to the virus' spread? A debate on this topic has raged on Twitter among healthcare professionals over the last two days.
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Rush cardiologist joins advisory board of AI precision medicine startup
Kousik Krishnan, MD, a cardiologist at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center, has joined the medical advisory board for Ninety One, which uses artificial intelligence and data analytics to power a comprehensive remote monitoring platform.
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Optum leads $8M funding for virtual heart health startup
Heartbeat Health, a data-driven cardiology telehealth platform, closed an $8.2 million Series A funding round led by the venture arm of UnitedHealth Group's Optum, per a March 12 announcement.
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American Heart Association tells Bayer to pull its drugs from heart health campaign
Bayer, a large, Germany-based drugmaker, funded a campaign for the American Heart Association that included large bins full of Bayer's aspirin products with signs that said "Approximately every 40 seconds an American will have a heart attack," on display at about a quarter of Walmart's stores across the country.
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55% of orthopedic, interventional cardiology specialists predict coronavirus will affect case volume: 5 things to know
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit communities across the U.S., leaving the healthcare system scrambling to take care of patients amid the outbreak. For now, most specialists haven't seen a drop in procedure volume, but that could change with the rapidly evolving situation.
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