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Shortage of beds: COVID-19 surge hits hospitals

Fri, 2021-08-06 22:23 — mike kraft

'There are only so many beds': COVID-19 surge hits hospitals FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are suspending elective surgeries and putting beds in conference rooms, an auditorium and a cafeteria. As of midweek, Mississippi had just six open intensive care beds in the entire state. AP NEWS

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Biggest nursing home employer mandates vaccines for staff, stepping up pressure on others

Thu, 2021-08-05 23:07 — mike kraft

Nursing home to workers: Get vaccine or lose your job NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. nursing home industry’s resistance to forcing workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 for fear that too many of them might quit began to crack this week when its biggest player announced its employees must get the shot to keep their jobs. AP NEWS

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Hospital visits: Some doctors think it is time to relax restrictions for some families and caregivers

Wed, 2021-07-21 22:43 — mike kraft

Covid-19 restrictions on family hospital visits persist, despite concern As the pandemic in the U.S. wanes, patients and physicians say ongoing visitor restrictions may actually be harming patients. Claudia López Lloreda STAT

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Despite surge in delta infections, many Missouri residents still downplay the threat

Sat, 2021-07-17 06:54 — mike kraft

The delta variant is ravaging this Missouri city. Many residents are still wary of vaccines. Experts fear Springfield, Mo., is a harbinger of tensions to come as people refuse to get vaccinated and downplay the pandemic even in the face of overwhelmed hospitals and preventable death. Fenit Nirappil Washington Post

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U.S.Coalition says health workers should be required to get coronavirus vaccine

Wed, 2021-07-14 22:26 — mike kraft

Coalition says health workers should be required to get coronavirus vaccine A coalition of health-care organizations Tuesday called on medical facilities to require their workers to be immunized against the virus. Dan Diamond Washington Post

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States and insurers resurrect barriers to telehealth, putting strain on patients

Tue, 2021-07-13 22:00 — mike kraft

States and insurers resurrect barriers to telehealth, straining patients As emergency provisions end, patients are scrambling — in some cases, driving across state lines — to keep their telehealth appointments. Katie Palmer STAT

Telemedicine is here to stay. But its free-for-all era may be coming to an end.

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Unvaccinated hospitalized patients tell docs they regret not getting their shots

Mon, 2021-07-12 22:03 — mike kraft

'They wish they knew': Unvaccinated hospitalized patients say they regret not getting the shot A year and a half into the pandemic, low vaccination rates and the rise of the delta variant threaten to cripple some hospital systems. NBC News

To describe Dr. Ryan Dare as frustrated would be a gross understatement.

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IN DEPTH -- A look at vaccination resistance in Appalachia and the toll on the nurses trying to help neighbors

Wed, 2021-07-07 22:30 — mike kraft

Their neighbors called covid-19 a hoax. Can these ICU nurses forgive them? For the nurses in the Appalachian highlands who risked their lives during the pandemic, it is as if they fought in a war no one acknowledges. Peter Jamison Washington Post

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OPINION: The U.S health care workforce is understaffed for the post pandemic situation io

Mon, 2021-07-05 23:50 — mike kraft

The health care workforce is understaffed for life after Covid-19 - STAT Too few medical assistants, pharmacy technicians, and others in the health care workforce will complicate post-Covid medical care. Patrick Skerrett STAT

As the U.S. gradually unburies itself from the Covid-19 pandemic, some people have been sounding the alarm about looming shortages of physicians and nurses. They should be equally worried about shortages of others in the health care workforce, like medical assistants, pharmacy technicians, dental assistants, and more.

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Not celebrating the 4th: the doctors and nurses reeling from new Covid cases, burnout and the prolonged stress of dealing with the pandemic.

Sat, 2021-07-03 06:14 — mike kraft

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in most parts of the country, Americans have reason to cheer, with more than half of those over 12 fully vaccinated, state after state lifting all emergency restrictions and caseloads decreasing by double-digits week over week. Families are traveling again, diners are flocking to restaurants and baseball is back as America’s seasonal pastime.

But the summer is turning out to be fairly joyless in places like CoxHealth Medical Center in Springfield, Mo., where nurses, doctors and respiratory therapists have been grappling with a resurgence in coronavirus cases that forced the hospital to reopen the 80-bed Covid unit it had shuttered in May.

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