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Nurse in COVID Unit Describes Both Stress and Hope Amid Tragedy

Oct 20, 2020

As a nurse in the intensive-care unit (ICU), Sarah Johnson is accustomed to high-pressure medical scenarios and the ever-present prospect of tragedy. Working in Kalispell Regional Healthcare’s dedicated COVID-19 unit, however, brings a particular brand of stress and exhaustion. Whereas patients with a severe case of, say, influenza have a peak sickness of only a handful of days, novel coronavirus patients are severely ill for an...

HOW NURSE LEADERS FIXED 4 AREAS RESHAPED BY COVID-19

Oct 19, 2020

Mary McGinn, BSN, RN, senior administrative director, patient logistics at Northwell Health's Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan's Upper East Side, has been through her fair share of catastrophes. In 2001, the veteran nurse was a month into a brand-new position managing patient throughput at St. Vincent's Hospital, the closest trauma center to the World Trade Center, when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. A decade later at...

American Heart Association, Delta Dental roll out workplace wellness series

Oct 14, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The American Heart Association and Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana have joined forces to create a digital playbook to improve wellness and reduce stress for workers. The initiative called Whole Health Matters is designed specifically for companies to help educate employees about the importance of mental health. Employees can learn how to incorporate strategies to stay mentally fit through online...

Sonic Healthcare USA Enhances Test Offerings with the Launch of Multiplex Assay for COVID-19 and Flu

Oct 12, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As flu season advances this fall in the United States, Sonic Healthcare USA has launched a multiplex RT-PCR assay that combines testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and Influenza A/B with a single specimen collection. This new offering complements our existing COVID-19 Testing Program that includes both RT-PCR (Molecular) and Antibody (Serology) testing. ...

Support for health care sector vital in battle against coronavirus

Oct 07, 2020

For long-term care professionals, COVID-19 has been especially challenging. We, and the residents we are charged with caring for, have been tested in unimaginable ways and our dedicated caregivers have tirelessly and bravely fought to protect those in harm’s way. While we have made great progress in implementing and executing protocols to protect our staff and residents, the fight against COVID-19 is far from over. We...

HHS Releases $20B More in CARES Act Relief, But Warns: Don’t Wait to Apply

Oct 02, 2020

The federal government on Thursday announced an additional tranche of $20 billion in coronavirus relief funding for a wide swath of health care providers, with the caveat that interested parties should apply as soon as possible. Starting October 5, the Department of Health and Human Services will begin accepting applications for the Phase 3 General Distribution of COVID-19 relief, specifically targeting the following types of...

Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Natalia Cineas ’01 Talks Nursing in a Pandemic

Sep 30, 2020

Complex leadership situations are nothing new to 40 Under Forty honoree Natalia Cineas ’01. A senior vice president and system chief nurse executive for New York City Health + Hospitals, Natalia Cineas normally oversees more than 10,000 nurses and social workers. However, things have been far from normal. In a year that has seen unprecedented challenges in the healthcare sector, Cineas and her team have gone far beyond,...

Trump to sign executive orders protecting preexisting conditions and seeking a way to prevent surprise medical bills

Sep 28, 2020

President Donald Trump will sign a series of executive orders aimed at protecting people with preexisting conditions and look for a way to prevent surprise medical bills, senior administration officials said Thursday. Trump discussed the executive orders, which are part of his “America First” health-care plan, during his visit to Charlotte, North Carolina later in the day. Health and Human Services...

CMS Announces $165M to Support Home Care, Reduce ‘America’s Over-Reliance’ on Nursing Homes

Sep 25, 2020

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took a new step on Wednesday to support care transitions from long-term care facilities into home- and community-based settings. On Wednesday, CMS announced the availability of up to $165 million in supplemental funding to states currently operating Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration programs. MFP programs allow certain Medicaid users, including older adults, to more...

‘It’s Not Rocket Science’: How America’s Healthiest Communities Have Battled the Coronavirus

Sep 23, 2020

ANTICIPATING THE coronavirus pandemic that smashed into New York City would crash over his suburban New Jersey community, John Bonanni, a county administrator, believed he'd prepared for the worst. But in early spring, as infections surged and hospital bedspace and ventilators ran short, Bonanni worried the worst might have been an underestimate. Half a continent away, as Wyoming's ski season wound down, Jodie...

How medical students are innovating during COVID-19

Sep 21, 2020

The pandemic has been an all-hands-on-deck situation for health care. That has meant channeling the brainpower and energy of those who are just starting their careers in medicine: medical students. Medical students have contributed in the clinical realm, through volunteer work and through embracing challenges in the digital health realm. That has been evident in the work done by Sling Health , an innovation incubator led by medical...

Bag packed, 'ready to scramble': This traveling nurse typifies a booming labor niche amid COVID-19

Sep 18, 2020

MILWAUKEE – Kristina Starcevic grew up listening to stories from her dad, a former newspaperman, about the adventures he had hitchhiking in his 20s. She wanted to have the types of stories he did. “How can I travel but still make it safe?" she asked herself. "And nursing was it for sure.” Nursing? It usually doesn’t spring to mind when people seek out an occupation with “opportunity for...

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