One of the few bright spots in the COVID-19 pandemic has been the perception that children are mostly spared from its worst effects. But what about kids already at risk of contracting serious infections due to a compromised immune system? Do they have the same...
Early in January, Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington ran an elaborate pandemic training simulation. Less than three weeks later, doctors and nurses there put what they learned into practice, when they admitted and treated the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in the U.S....
Across the U.S. health industry, the Covid-19 virus has wreaked havoc. Though infection rates appear to be decreasing in some areas, we’re far from being out of the woods. As a result, plans beyond the pandemic are on the back burner for most healthcare organizations....
U.S. Army chief of staff Gen. James McConville compared efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus to a battle against an invisible enemy as he joined Gov. Charlie Baker and National Guard officials for a pre-Patriots Day visit to the field hospital set up...
Bill Russell's Field Report with Darren Dworkin, CIO, Cedars-Sinai Health System...
The Scripps Research Translational Institute recently launched an app-based research program called DETECT that can analyze wearable health data – such as activity levels, heart rate and sleep – to more quickly detect viral illnesses caused by coronavirus, influenza or other infectious diseases. The Stanford Healthcare Innovation...
Due to its testing abilities and academic connection, Tampa General Hospital is now one of the first hospitals in the state to run clinical therapies for coronavirus patients....
When David Entwistle was young he dreamed of becoming a famous lawyer. “I took three years of high-school Latin preparing to be an attorney,” he recalls, and registered for pre-law courses at Brigham Young University. However, several healthcare executives he met during a two-year mission...
Behavioral Health Concierge offers telebehavioral services to the Providence health system's employees and their dependents....
