Managing Medication Adherence During COVID-19

Since medication nonadherence already accounts for 50% of treatment failures, approximately 125,000 deaths, and up to 25% of hospitalizations each year, it has become more important than ever for physicians, pharmacists, and insurance companies to work together to keep patients on their prescriptions.

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FDA Bans Certain Respirators From Being Decontaminated, Reused

The FDA now says that decontamination systems can only be used on non-cellulose-compatible N95 respirators. Banned from reuse are any respirators that have exhalation tubes, or N95 masks made in China. The latter has been banned due to quality control issues. And, as always, the FDA stressed that decontaminated respirators should only be used when new respirators are unavailable.  

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Healthcare Leaders Choose Collaboration Over Competing During COVID-19

By Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, Chief Nursing Officer, Vocera As the chief nursing officer at Vocera, I have the opportunity and privilege to speak with nurses all over the world. While it may sound cliché, the stories I have heard from the frontlines are nothing short of remarkable. Despite fears and fatigue, they are … Continued

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Coronavirus: How Dartmouth-Hitchcock Is Reopening Paused Services

As the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic spread across the country in March, many health systems and hospitals suspended some outpatient services and most elective surgeries. Now, most of these organizations are seeking to reactivate paused services without endangering patients and staff. Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s strategy could serve as a blueprint for other health systems that were not innundated with COVID-19 patients.

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Physician Advocate: Coronavirus Pandemic Shows Need to Ease Regulatory Burdens

The pandemic has compounded the stress and burnout physicians were already experiencing from regulatory burdens, he says. “Prior to the pandemic, onerous regulations made it difficult to enjoy practicing medicine and hindered the physician-patient relationship, which 78.7% of physicians regard as the most satisfying part of their job, according to our 2018 Survey of America’s Physicians.”

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