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By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review Northwell Health unveiled a mega board “Hope Tracker” outside Madison Square Garden in New York City this week to display the increasing number of COVID-19 patients who have recovered from the virus. The digital mega board will show the number of COVID-19 patients who have been discharged from the New…
David Dawkins from Forbes The race to deliver much-needed ventilators to hospitals fighting coronavirus received welcome news today from British entrepreneur Sir James Dyson. A spokesman for Dyson confirmed to Forbes that an initial order of 10,000 units from the U.K. government has been placed, and work will begin immediately at the historic airforce base…
By Ron Carucci for Forbes Like many leaders, my clients are scrambling to adapt to this new “virtual reality” of uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. And now the social distancing isolation will continue through the end of April. In the face of not knowing how best to communicate with their people – what to…
From the Work from Home Woman Recently, one of my colleagues posted this update in a Facebook Group we belong to: “Do any of you ever get tired of your whole work-life being online? I’m starting to think that my nagging depression is related to not working in the real offline world. I’m starting to…
Jayme Fraser and Matt Wynn for USA TODAY No state in the U.S. will have enough room to treat novel coronavirus patients if the surge in severe cases here mirrors that in other countries. A USA TODAY analysis shows that if the nation sees a major spike, there could be almost six seriously ill patients…
By Shannon Muchmore for Healthcare Dive UPDATE: March 4, 2020: On Tuesday, the American Hospital Association encouraged HHS to consider using a national disaster program to reimburse providers for treating uninsured people affected by the novel coronavirus “because no one should think twice about seeking screening or treatment due to costs.” AHA President Rick Pollack…
By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society announced March 5 that it has canceled its 2020 global health conference, which was scheduled to begin March 8 in Orlando, Fla. HIMSS cited concerns over the potential spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Additionally, as a significant percentage…