Compared with patients hospitalized in urban areas, however, the study found that the risk of death was about 5% higher for patients hospitalized in large towns (with populations of 250,000 to 1 million people), 10% higher for patients in small towns (with populations of 50,000 to 250,000), 16%...
The projected shortage of physicians is worsening. Last year, the AAMC projected the shortfall of physicians at as many as 122,000 by 2032. The new report released today projects the shortfall at as many as 139,000 physicians by 2033.
The following Q&A resulted from a conversation PSQH had with Tom Knight, CEO of Georgia-based Invistics, a provider of cloud-based software solutions that improve healthcare inventory visibility and analytics across complex healthcare systems and global supply chains....
Please feel free to accuse me of “dogging it,” but since I am on vacation this week and you all probably need something of a vacation from me, here’s just...
The blood test, Called PanSeer, detected cancer in 91% of people who had been asymptomatic when the samples were collected and were diagnosed with cancer one to four years later.
The prevalence of antibodies for people recovering from a mild cases of COVID-19 dropped precipitously after less than three months, according to a research letter published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network COVID-19 module will no longer be an option for daily reporting, effective July 15, the Department of Health and Human Services announced.
New programs support physicians in addressing these key drivers of health outcomes
It’s become more widely accepted that social determinants of health (SDoH)—the environmental conditions in which people live, learn, work, play, worship, and age—affect a wide range of health outcomes. More...
As you reopen patient care areas for non-emergent care, be sure to flush water lines, check expiration dates on drugs and supplies, and ensure all equipment and spaces have been cleaned and disinfected according to manufacturers’ instructions and CDC guidelines. The Trump administration began...
