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March 2020 Issue of Becker’s Hospital Review   ON THE COVER Leadership strategies for women in healthcareAlthough women make up a larger percentage of the healthcare workforce and hold more leadership positions than in previous decades, there are still far fewer…

April 2020 Issue of Becker’s Hospital Review   ON THE COVER What hospitals can learn from Airbnb to promote innovation: Dr. John Halamka discusses Every Sunday night John Halamka, MD, flies out of Boston to Rochester, Minn. He stays in…

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.

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.

With federal and state governments loosening restrictions on telemedicine due to the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals such as Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center have reported steep increases in virtual visits with patients. 

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.

Cancer patients at a hospital in Wuhan, China, were twice as likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 as the general population, suggesting cancer patients may face a higher risk during the pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.

Access and transfer centers are becoming the touchpoint for all kinds of care, including high acuity and outpatient cases. These centers can help health systems control and manage different care models while also improving margins.

Here are six notes on how COVID-19 is affecting health insurers and how they're responding: