New York nursing homes and adult care facilities must ensure twice-weekly COVID-19 testing for all staff and report positive results to the state's health department by the following day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a media briefing May 10.
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In a weekend interview, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett projected the nation's unemployment rate to surpass 20 percent, according to The Washington Post.
At least 90,000 healthcare workers have been infected with the new coronavirus across the globe, a new report says.
Healthcare lost 1.4 million jobs in April amid the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily in ambulatory healthcare services, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Physicians, nurses and other front-line hospital workers have undoubtedly faced significant challenges while caring for COVID-19 patients. But the pandemic has also taken a toll on nonmedical hospital workers, according to The New York Times.
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An executive at Allina Health, an 11-hospital system in Minneapolis, is warning that more workforce changes are imminent given the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Star Tribune.
A total of 2,259 healthcare staff with the Department of Veterans Affairs had tested positive for COVID-19 as of May 1, according to VA data provided to Becker's Hospital Review.
As the U.S. continues to track the spread of COVID-19, some hospitals and health systems have announced COVID-19 antibody testing for employees.
University Hospitals in Cleveland said it will begin testing 10,000 front-line workers, employees and first responders for COVID-19 antibodies.
With the rapid curtailment of nonessential and non-acute services, and the redeployment of resources to meet anticipated COVID-19 peak demands, executives and managers are pressed even more heavily to meet the basics of quality, service, and the bottom line.