Risk of Quitting Increased for Medical Center Employees During the Pandemic
A substantial number of employees and trainees working at medical centers have experienced major stress and work disruptions because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Practice Management
Expansion of SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Required for Epidemic Prevention
Study authors assessed the economic trade-offs of expanding and accelerating testing for SARS-CoV-2 across the United States in different transmission scenarios.
CDC: 3 Feet of Distancing Appropriate in Most Classrooms
The US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention lowered its social distancing recommendation, but continues to recommend at least 6 feet distance in certain situations.
Text Messaging Tracks Use of Postop Opioid Prescriptions
About 60 percent of prescribed opioid tablets unused based on patients’ self-reported use following common orthopedic, urologic procedures.
America’s Access to Care Crisis: Telemedicine Provides the Solution
For telemedicine to thrive in a postpandemic era, temporary rules regarding reimbursement and providers’ ability to fully care for the patient in any setting must be made permanent.
Risk for COVID-19 Transmission Greater at Home Compared With Daycare
Study authors estimated the seroprevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in daycare centers and compared transmissibility in daycares vs at home.
Mobile App Increases Access to Medical Interpreter Services
Remote interpreter mobile app may overcome language barriers in health care.
Provider Confusion Often the Cause of Patient Access Rights Violations
Many healthcare providers are unclear as to when a request is made by an individual pursuant to a HIPAA authorization versus a HIPAA access request, particularly when a patient wants records to be sent to a third party, a HIPAA compliance officer at a law firm explained.
Telestroke for Patients With Ischemic Stroke: More Reperfusion Therapy, Better Outcomes
Investigators sought to describe differences in care patterns and outcomes among patients with acute ischemic stroke who present to hospitals with and without telestroke capacity.
Disease Under Control for Only 38.1% of Hypertension Patients in the UK
Factors associated with lack of hypertension control include older age, higher alcohol use, Black ethnicity, obesity.
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