New omicron cases are declining nationwide, with most states predicted to see this surge peak by mid-February. If the omicron surge ends as quickly as it started — as it has in South Africa and the U.K. — some health…
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It’s no secret that COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation in nearly every sector, including healthcare. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’ve seen our healthcare customers use technology to speed medical research, improve patient care, advance precision medicine, bring therapeutics to market…
One health professional is encouraging others to look through a "climate lens" when treating patients, the American Medical Association reported Jan. 26.
When considering how to make U.S. healthcare more efficient and equitable, the Veterans Health Administration might hold the key, writes Dana Brown, director of health and economy at The Democracy Collaborative. In an op-ed in Nonprofit Quarterly on Jan. 24,…
Non-life-threatening conditions can now be treated from a patient's home, allowing hospital beds to go to those most in need. This strategy paid off for Mayo Clinic, and now payers are interested in making the "hospital-at-home" strategy commonplace, NPR reported…
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As hospitals are again overwhelmed with by COVID-19 patients, opinion pieces in The Washington Post have argued that health systems should prioritize the vaccinated or even consider refusing to treat the unvaccinated. However, that would set a dangerous precedent for…
The COVID‐19 pandemic has ushered in a nearly two-year period of ambiguity.
Despite misinformation healthcare leaders have fought throughout the pandemic, the COVID-19 crisis seems to have made people more science literate, according to a Wired report Dec. 28.
Thanks to a hospital chaplain who is also a veteran, nurses at a Chicago hospital are dealing with their trauma using strategies borrowed from the military, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 19.
Speaking at an American Journal of Managed Care event, UnitedHealth Group and OptumCare executive Kenneth Cohen, MD, said the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that many day-to-day health practices might not be necessary.