Search Results

The default setting for search results displays All Content. If you prefer to see recent content only, please adjust the date filter.

242 Results Found

Case study: OhioHealth shows value of health system during pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Columbus-based OhioHealth applied its expansive resources to analyze over 500,000 PCR tests, create a dedicated supply chain team for personal protective equipment procurement, and redeploy administrative workers to the front lines, avoiding layoffs and even providing bonuses.

IOM papers examine COVID-19 lessons for health care payers, clinicians

The National Academy of Medicine released separate discussion papers examining the experiences of payers and clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, lessons learned and priorities for the sectors going forward. 

UCHealth nurses describe pandemic staffing model

During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, UCHealth in Aurora, Colo., admitted over one-third of the state's patients who tested positive for the disease.

Academic medical center creates nurse staffing model for COVID-19 surge

As cases of COVID-19 surged in the spring of 2020, nursing leaders at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, recognized the need to prepare for shortages of staff, space and supplies, according to an article in the March issue of Nursing Management.

COVID-19 strains health care delivery, OIG reports

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reviewed front-line hospital administrators’ perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected capacity to care for patients

Health system boosts capacity with virtual ICU

Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health instituted a virtual intensive care unit (ICU) to increase critical care capacity in the 13-hospital health system, Allegheny Health Network.

Podcast addresses front-line capacity for COVID-19

In this American Hospital Association (AHA) Advancing Health podcast, Esther Corpuz, chief executive officer of Alivio Medical Center in Chicago, discusses the use

Webinar outlines COVID-19 mass vaccination procedures

In the webinar sponsored by the AHA, speakers from Atrium Health and American Airlines will discuss their organizations’ collaborative effort to “get shots in arms”

AHA releases new fact sheet highlighting continued financial challenges hospitals are facing

The AHA released a new fact sheet highlighting how hospitals and health systems continue to experience financial challenges more than a year into the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Rural hospital CNO shares tips on retaining nurses during pandemic

In Elma, Wash., Summit Pacific Chief Nursing Officer Tori Bernier used several strategies to retain and recruit experienced nurses.