The era of government-financed COVID tests, vaccines, and therapeutics is likely coming to an end soon. In August, the Administration announced that by January 2023, it expects to end its purchase and distribution of COVID vaccines, citing a lack of federal funds. The announcement signals the shift in the United State’s response to the pandemic and a transition from government-led […]
One of the images that remains sharp in specialty physicians’ minds from the first year of the pandemic is that of empty waiting rooms. Across the country, patients and providers sought to prevent the spread of disease by limiting in-person encounters to the sickest patients. Now, amid signs that patients are continuing to delay or skip care while physicians are […]
BY HANS DUVEFELT This weekend I read a piece in The New York Times that put a slightly different slant on what burnout, in the case of physician burnout, is or is caused by. We have heard theories from being asked to do the wrong thing, like data entry, to “moral injury” to my favorite, “burnout skills“, when you keep […]
The Washington Post previously reported that facilities in Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee and Washington were among those affected. CommonSpirit, which is headquartered in Chicago but doesn’t have any Illinois hospitals, said it has tapped the help of cybersecurity specialists and notified law enforcement of the cyberattack. Its facilities are following protocol, which includes taking some electronic health records offline. Electronic health […]
Women’s health issues are finally getting attention, and the stigma around menstruation is beginning to lift. Femcare, or period products and wellness solutions for women, has gained significant momentum in recent years, especially after the term “Femtech”—female technology—was coined in 2017. Reproductive care support, including fertility solutions, is also gaining steam. But one of the biggest areas that has been […]
Architecture firm E4H Environments for Health Architecture (Boston) has hired Richard Carroll as senior associate in the firm’s Philadelphia office. Carroll has more than 30 years of experience as an architect and planner. The post E4H Environments for Health Architecture Adds New Talent first appeared on HCD Magazine.
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle on Wednesday upheld Florida’s rule preventing Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for patients of all ages, denying the preliminary injunction sought by the transgender people affected by the policy. The state’s ban on Medicaid coverage disproportionately affects low-income trans people and went into effect on August 21. The judge’s denial means that relief will not […]
On one level, the world’s response to the coronavirus pandemic over the past two and half years was a major triumph for modern medicine. We developed COVID vaccines faster than we’d developed any vaccine in history, and began administering them just a year after the virus first infected humans. The vaccines turned out to work better than top public-health officials […]
When Elizabeth went for her annual mammogram in January 2022, she expected the same “no suspicious results” she’d always received. After all, she was an active, healthy retiree who didn’t have any family history of breast cancer. Elizabeth and her partner, Dean, sold their DFW-area home in 2020 to spend their days traveling, hiking, bicycling, camping and enjoying the outdoors. […]