BY KIMBERLY JUNGKIND, MPH, MBA, BSN, RN, CCM, LSSYB As COVID-19 patients continue to be admitted to hospitals across the U.S., we are all challenged to be supportive of these patients and their families. At Marble Falls Medical Center, part of the Baylor Scott and White Health System in Texas, the…
BY BONNIE GELD, MSW The global COVID-19 pandemic will have significant impacts for both health systems and patients. It is clear there will be economic, clinical, and psychosocial consequences, among others. While these consequences continue to be better understood, especially the magnitude of the financial losses to hospitals, the silver lining…
BY SUSAN STERN, RN, CCM, MHA HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC STARTED Near the start of the year 2020, public health officials reported the first COVID-19-positive cases in the U.S. and the onset of the pandemic. The first major problem the hospitals faced was expanding ICU bed capacity for COVID-19-positive patients. In…
BY EDNA B. CLIFTON, MBA, BSN, RN The impact of COVID-19 has been felt by all of us, from significant changes in healthcare delivery to how we do our grocery shopping. With the surge in the number of cases throughout the nation, on March 13 the Centers for Medicare &…