The sweeping "Hospitals Without Walls" initiative take effect immediately and allows hospitals to bill Medicare for services in unconventional settings.
Healthcare facilities and public health officials now must inform emergency responders when they have been exposed to the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Researchers at Duke Health this week announced a way to sterilize masks using aerosolized hydrogen peroxide. The gas doesn’t damage the mask material or change its fit, but kills off viruses and germs.
Although there are differences between the novel coronavirus pandemic and the recent swine flu and Ebola outbreaks, there are valuable lessons from the earlier flareups, an infectious disease expert says.
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be detected for up to 72 hours on plastic and stainless steel surfaces, according to details of a new study published this week...
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads in the United States and globally, measures must be taken to protect and support healthcare workers and their families, a new ...
Healthcare Ready, a nonprofit that works to strengthen public-and private-sector healthcare supply chains, and Bio, a consortium of biotech and pharmaceutical companies promoting innovation, have partnered to create an...
If you are expecting a survey from your accreditation organization (AO) in the upcoming weeks and months, check in with your liaison. Some AOs are suspending most or all survey activities as COVID-19 takes hold of the nation.
The Joint Commission (TJC) announced that as of March 16 it was...
In further recognition of the short supply of protective N95 respirators for healthcare workers treating suspected or confirmed patients with COVID-19, OSHA is relaxing enforcement of annual fit testing requirements under certain circumstances.
