The risk of breakthrough COVID-19 infections was 28 percent higher in people who are HIV-positive, according to a study published June 7 in JAMA Network Open.
Category: Patient Experience
What physicians at Children’s National Hospital learned from treating long COVID-19 patients
While fatigue is the most commonly reported symptom among adult and pediatric long COVID-19 patients, physicians at Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital have noticed another pattern in pediatric patients.
Long COVID-19-related heart issues will have lasting effect on health systems, experts say
Guidelines for diagnosing and treating long-COVID-19 cardiovascular complications were updated by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation on June 7.
Patients getting more face time with physicians but disparities remain, study finds
The annual face time patients spent with outpatient physicians rose from 40 to 60.4 minutes from 1979 to 2018, according to findings published June 6 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Joint Commission faces more pressure to require safe staffing for accreditation
Hospital workers and allies in Illinois and Indiana are urging The Joint Commission to add staffing standards to its accreditation and licensing process for healthcare facilities.
Mount Sinai nurses share lessons to guide care of future tracheal transplants
A team of nurses at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System who led the successful postoperative care of the world’s first human tracheal transplant patient have published their findings in Critical Care Nurse to guide nursing management of futur…
73% of insured Americans say getting mental healthcare was easy
Seventy-three percent of insured Americans said getting mental healthcare was easy, according to a survey released June 7 by health insurer lobby and trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans.
Inpatient volumes poised to grow 2% over next 10 years
Adult inpatient volumes will recover to pre-pandemic numbers but grow only 2 percent over the next decade, a new report from Sg2 forecasts.
Prisma Health employee dead after patient altercation
A South Carolina hospital employee is dead and a patient has been charged with assault after a May 27 altercation between the two.
2 nurses, physician stabbed at California hospital
Two staff nurses and one emergency department physician were stabbed June 3 inside Encino (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center.
