Don Berwick and Kedar Mate identify areas for improvement in the response to COVID-19: data collection, strategic testing, the workforce, a clear national plan.
Category: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Vanderbilt nursing students experience social distancing … and provide virtual clinical patient care
VUSN created a virtual live-streamed learning experience with students using their instructors and Simulation Lab staff as avatars to interact with the school’s high-fidelity nursing mannequins and provide patient care.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: Global Challenges: COVID-19 and Lessons from the UK
April 10, 2020 | Learn about global responses to COVID-19, specifically efforts in the United Kingdom to monitor and quickly improve treatment for patients in intensive care units.
Learning from Mistakes in Pandemic Response
During global crises like COVID-19, there is a consensus that people in all countries must unite against a disease that doesn’t stop at borders. To combat COVID-19, many states have cancelled or postponed large public events, shifted schools to online…
U.S. News Analysis: Coronavirus Outbreak Hitting States in Waves
The analysis of coronavirus deaths nationwide shows five states have accounted for about two-thirds of coronavirus fatalities in the U.S., and indicates deaths in other states are poised to increase as well. Policymakers can use the information to dete…
Guidelines and best practices to provide care for seniors during COVID-19 pandemic
Our senior patients need additional measures of care and protection, and COVID-19 only exacerbates those needs. Family care providers need to be aware of the hazards COVID-19 presents to their loved ones and understand how to mitigate them.
Hospitals Must Help Clinicians With ‘Second Victim Distress’
COVID-19 has a grip on the nation. Since the first known case of COVID-19 hit Washington state in January, the number of cases, and subsequent deaths, continue to steadily rise.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: Preparing for a Surge of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19
April 3, 2020 | Hear early lessons from health systems preparing for dramatic increases in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, including Northwell Health in the New York City region.
Berwick: We need ‘progress in this country toward universal coverage’
We caught up with Don Berwick to look back on 10 years of the ACA and weigh in on what’s next.
They Don’t Hide From the Coronavirus, They Confront It
As the world writhes in the grip of Covid-19, the epidemic has revealed something majestic and inspiring; millions of health care workers running to where they are needed, on duty, sometimes risking their own lives.
