hospitals

No visitors sign caregivers

First Opinion

Hospitalized adults need their caregivers — they aren’t visitors

By Jason Karlawish

emergency dpt. sliding doors

First Opinion

Abandoned by U.S. leaders, the only Covid-19 protection I can count on in my emergency department is trust

By Jay Baruch

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Brigham - Covid prep 3/25

On the Front Lines

With masks dwindling, a hospital’s Covid-19 crisis team searches for a way out

By Eric Boodman

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July effect

First Opinion

If Covid-19 will peak in June, teaching hospitals should consider delaying the start of new medical residents

By Martin Kaminski and Frances Ue

American Technology Council Roundtable 2017

Health Tech

Tech companies are crucial players in the coronavirus response. Are they contributing what’s most needed?

By Rebecca Robbins

hospital hand washing

First Opinion

In a pandemic, hospital staffers need to get better at hand-washing

By Leah Binder and Michael L. Millenson

Remote medical monitors illo

Health Tech

Hospitals turn to remote monitoring tools to free up beds for the sickest coronavirus patients

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MGH March 24 - top image

On the Front Lines

A sports medicine office morphs into a coronavirus clinic, braced for the onslaught

By Eric Boodman

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WUHAN_COVID-19_DOCTOR

Health

Desperate for Covid-19 answers, U.S. doctors turn to colleagues in China

By Sharon Begley

The Readout LOUD

Listen: Trump’s coronavirus pivot, life inside the ICU, drug development in a pandemic

By Damian Garde, Rebecca Robbins, and Adam Feuerstein

Stephanie Bandyk at Swedish Hospital

Health

‘It’s been kind of rough’: At the epicenter of the pandemic, a Seattle ICU nurse treats two patients at a time

By Meghana Keshavan

Personal protective equipment

Health

Frustrated and afraid about protective gear shortages, health workers are scouring for masks on their own

By Megan Thielking

telemedicine/headset & laptop

Health Tech

Surge in patients overwhelms telehealth services amid coronavirus pandemic

By Erin Brodwin and Casey Ross

Carney Hospital

Health

Hospital in Boston sets up new Covid-19 treatment center

By Andrew Joseph

Lenox Hill Hospital, NY

Hospitals

Coronavirus model shows individual hospitals what to expect in the coming weeks

By Sharon Begley

clipboard in hands medical students

First Opinion

Medical students can help combat Covid-19. Don’t send them home

By Orly Nadell Farber

Medical workers at Kaiser Permanente_San Fran

Hospitals

Hospital workers across the U.S. present sharply different pictures of their preparedness for the coronavirus

By Meghana Keshavan

Wuhan hospital hallway

First Opinion

What does the coronavirus mean for the U.S. health care system? Some simple math offers alarming answers

By Liz Specht

ambient listening

Health Tech

Nuance begins selling AI system to automate physician note-taking during exams

IV drip in hand

Pharmalot

After a new version of a decades-old drug gets orphan status, the price suddenly skyrockets

By Ed Silverman

Health

Watch: Hollywood motion capture technology finds a new role in hospital rehab

ECMO machine

Health

‘We need everyone for this’: U.S. hospitals harnessing resources to brace for any spike in coronavirus cases

By Megan Thielking

Janitor_Invisible_04

First Opinion

In hospitals, housekeepers are truly the ‘keepers of the house’

By Neil Prose and Ray Barfield

Paper chain people

First Opinion

Clinician-led quality improvements can transform a hospital’s care

By Lara Goitein

generic drug

Pharmalot

Civica Rx teams with Blue Cross Blue Shield to widen its alternative market for generics

By Ed Silverman

Institutional racism illustration

First Opinion

Why Black doctors like me are leaving faculty positions in academic medical centers

By Uché Blackstock

Surprise bills concept

First Opinion

Using states as living laboratories to solve surprise medical billing

By Robin Gelburd

Surprise medical bill

First Opinion

3 legal challenges could derail out-of-network surprise medical bills

By Jackson Williams

Hospital with Christmas tree

First Opinion

Lost, and sometimes found, in the emergency department at Christmas

By Grace Hatton