Articles Tagged With: COVID-19
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IP ‘Ambassadors’ Extend Program’s Pandemic Reach
Some infection preventionists have extended their reach by recruiting infection control champions or ambassadors to keep their colleagues updated on the ongoing changes and recommendations in the pandemic response.
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Feds Order Bivalent Vaccines with Omicron
The Biden administration is securing orders for bivalent vaccines that are expected to combine the original Wuhan strain with omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.
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Returning to In-Person Case Management
As the country begins to pull out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity for case managers to return to the bedside provides the welcome relief of meeting with the interdisciplinary team, patients, and families in person. But for many people, returning from a remote environment after several months is another challenging shift to experience.
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Hospitals Can Promote Healthy Eating in Food Deserts
As one medical center shows, it is possible for health systems and healthcare professionals, including case managers, to reduce food insecurity in their communities through a variety of programs. The goal could be to bring more healthy food and fresh fruits and vegetables to people who live in food deserts where such produce is hard to obtain.
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Chronic Disease Program Helps Rural Patients Who Can Help Themselves
A chronic disease self-management program has proven to work well for a rural population, both before and since the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers found a diabetes self-management program’s completion rate was nearly 75%. The chronic disease self-management program’s rate was 79.4%.
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Partner with Colleges, Nursing Programs to Address Staffing Shortages
It is no secret nursing shortages are causing considerable anxiety and trouble for hospitals and health systems nationwide. As expected, shortages can negatively affect patient outcomes. Some hospitals are even covering full tuition for nursing students to potentially combat the shortage and provide undisrupted healthcare services to their patients.
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Rise in Syphilis Has Far-Reaching Effect on U.S. Population
Syphilis cases have skyrocketed in recent years, and repercussions include a lower quality of life for people affected by the disease. CDC preliminary data from 2021 show a 34% increase in syphilis cases among women and a 6% increase in syphilis among newborns. The CDC’s 2020 data show a 235% increase in congenital syphilis from 2016.
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Contact Tracing Barriers Exposed During COVID-19 Crisis
Over recent decades, public health officials have used contact tracing to varying degrees of success. The focus on STIs, HIV, and COVID-19 has shifted and changed. Yet it is the new surge in syphilis cases that highlights the importance of contact tracing and how damaging it can be when there are not enough public health officials and healthcare providers to identify people who are exposed and convince them to seek testing.
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Report: Patients Sicker Now Than Before the COVID-19 Pandemic
Delayed care also driving longer lengths of stay, price increases for labor and supplies.
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Outcomes of COVID-19-Associated Acute Myocarditis
In a review of COVID-19-associated acute myocarditis, investigators learned it is a rare complication that can occur without concomitant pneumonia, and frequently presents as cardiogenic shock. With supportive therapy, the short-term mortality rate is low.