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Hospitals struggle to find nurses, beds, even oxygen as Delta surges
August 12, 2021
“We have a vaccine, which is the key to ending this pandemic and people just refuse to take it, and so I think we’re very frustrated.”
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Hospital disaster preparation confronts COVID
August 2, 2021
“We weren’t able to grasp the scale [of COVID-19] at the outset. It does defy the imagination,” said Dr. Jason Persoff.
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Malpractice claims from the COVID-19 pandemic: More questions than answers
July 10, 2021
While health care providers have medical liability protections during the pandemic, these protections may not prevent claims.
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Disturbing number of hospital workers still unvaccinated
- Andy Miller;
- Brenda Goodman
June 29, 2021
One in four hospital workers who have direct contact with patients had not yet received a single dose of a COVID vaccine by the end of May.
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High rates of work-related trauma, PTSD in intern physicians
- Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW
June 22, 2021
About 10% of participants screened positive for PTSD by the end of the internship year, compared with a 12-month PTSD prevalence of 3.6% in the general population.
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Visa worries intensify pandemic stress for immigrant hospitalist moms
June 1, 2021
Immigrant hospitalists go through years of expensive training with extensive background checks, yet they’re classified as second preference (EB-2) workers.
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Physicians’ trust in health care leadership drops in pandemic
May 24, 2021
Physicians, however, have great trust in their fellow clinicians.
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COVID-19 coaching program provides ‘psychological PPE’ for HCPs
May 5, 2021
Participating coaches are mental health clinicians with training in psychological first aid, resilience, and psychotherapy, said Dr. Benjamin Rosen.
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Strategies to turn the tide on racial and gender inequity
May 5, 2021
“Behavior change comes with accountability,” Dr. Vanessa Durand said.
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Moral distress in the COVID era weighs on hospitalists
May 3, 2021
“The volume of deaths and the apparent dangers to providers themselves reflect some of the critical aspects of war,” Dr. Asken said.