COVID-19 caused hospital ED visits to dive more than 40%
Researchers in JAMA examined trends at major providers such as Mount Sinai Health, Baystate Health and Yale-New Haven, also finding emergency patients were more likely to be admitted.
Researchers in JAMA examined trends at major providers such as Mount Sinai Health, Baystate Health and Yale-New Haven, also finding emergency patients were more likely to be admitted.
New research tracks more than midnight census and found variations key for eliminating staffing shortages and burnout.
This cluster randomized clinical trial evaluates the implementation of a peer-to-peer support program to reduce psychological distress and posttraumatic stress disorder among patient-facing health care…
Creating flexible schedule to match physician supply to demand makes for faster care and better job satisfaction.
Telehospitalist services are launching in rural hospitals providing additional coverage and in larger hospitals for census surges.
Background Virtual hospitalist programs are rapidly growing in popularity due to worsening clinician shortages and increased pressure for flexible work options. These programs also have…
News about COVID-19 including shortages, pandemic modeling, viability and susceptibility. Learn how physicians are coping.
The latest batch of Hospital Safety Grades from independent watchdog The Leapfrog Group suggest that patients’ care experiences, which deteriorated during and since the pandemic,…
Large hospitals likely have more financial flexibility to offer higher wages at the expense of smaller, rural hospitals, Fitch Ratings analysts said.
A third of nonprofit hospitals received “A” safety grades from the Leapfrog Group, compared with 28% of for-profit and 17% of government-owned facilities.
To handle all its inter- and intrahospital transfers, OSHU launched an intake hospitalist service; providing tighter oversight over transfers.