Briggs Healthcare

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines is published in an electronic format that can be updated in step with the rapid pace and growing volume of information regarding the treatment of COVID-19. Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 23, 2021

The long-awaited decision could strengthen the case for vaccine mandates as public health officials seek to boost rates of immunization amid a wave of COVID-19 cases.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Long-awaited results from a Phase 3 study run by J&J could support use of a booster dose, although the drugmaker has not officially applied for FDA clearance yet.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The expert panel pressed Pfizer and the FDA on the shot's safety, but ultimately were convinced by the potential for significant benefit in 5- to 11-year-olds.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The companies' application starts a pressure-packed FDA review that could open up COVID-19 shots for tens of million Americans between the ages of 5 and 11.

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Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic’s curve of infected Americans ratchets up in the U.S., as most people are “social distancing” or sheltering in place, based on numbers from the early April 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll on the impact of the coronavirus on American life.

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Isabel Healthcare Blog

JULY 14, 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infection caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1]. An outbreak of a pneumonia of unknown cause was identified in Wuhun City, Hubei Province, China at the end of December 2019 [2].

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The results position Pfizer and BioNTech to seek clearance in children as young as 5 years old. But the companies haven't yet shared data on a rare heart inflammation associated with their shot that's a concern for regulators.

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Health Populi

MARCH 31, 2020

As people conform to the #StayHome lifestyle to #FlattenTheCurve of the coronavirus pandemic, technology is transforming peoples’ home lives for working, playing, and socializing. The post How the Coronavirus and Technology Are Reshaping Home-Work, -Life and -Health appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. Stay well and stay home!

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The agency is holding an advisory committee meeting on Oct. 15 to discuss a second dose of J&J's shot, as well as boosting with different vaccines.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has revealed many flaws in the U.S. The post Health Insurance Affordability in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. healthcare system, first and foremost the nation’s patchwork public health infrastructure and health inequities in mortality rates due to COVID-19.

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Briggs Healthcare

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Since it was established on April 23, 2020, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis has been investigating the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Such rewards must meet certain requirements, however, including a rule that they not exceed 30% of the cost of employee-only coverage.

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

Those uncontrollable forces would include the coronavirus itself and the length of the pandemic, and the economic fallout from the pandemic, among other external factors shaping our lives. The post A Toxic Side Effect of the Coronavirus: Financial Unwellness appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The FDA wants to better understand the risk of vaccine-associated myocarditis in 12- to 17-year-olds based on real-world use overseas.

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Health Care Dive

JUNE 27, 2023

Although industry analysts have focused on staffing shortages following the coronavirus pandemic, the program aims to address a gap in business skills for healthcare executives.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 2, 2022

This serves as an update to the original primer, “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Safety of Older Adults Residing in Nursing Homes,” originally appearing in PSNet on April 21, 2020, and updated July 30, 2020. Conclusion.

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2020

As Americans confront the clinical and fiscal realities of the coronavirus in the U.S., In Brand Trust and the Coronavirus Pandemic , Edelman focuses its trust lens on the pandemic and consumers’ shaken confidence in business and government institutions. In the U.S., But the situation still gets worse. .”

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 9, 2022

Patients made greater use of virtual care visits for a second straight month during an upturn in coronavirus cases.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

A second shot given six months after the first appears to provide a bigger immune response, the company said, a finding J&J aims to take to regulators in the U.S. and elsewhere.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Telehealth use rose in every census region in November as patients again avoided medical settings and some became infected with the newest coronavirus variant, according to data from Fair Health.

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 16, 2021

Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued updated guidance to help employers protect workers from the coronavirus. OSHA Trade Release … August 13, 2021. OSHA will continue to monitor and assess the need for changes in the healthcare ETS each month.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Policymakers have long had evidence that childcare enables mothers to work. What the COVID-19 pandemic taught everyone is how the lack of childcare can be a disastrous constraint.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Larger academic medical centers received a significantly larger proportion of federal coronavirus relief funds than smaller and more rural hospitals, a study of more than 950 facilities concluded.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Several companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, are already at work adapting their coronavirus shots to the newly identified variant, which experts worry could more readily evade vaccine protection.

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Michele Late

JANUARY 27, 2020

The disease, which for now is being called the 2019 novel coronavirus, is in the same family as the common cold. Part of the reason is that the 2019 novel coronavirus is a new disease that hasn’t been seen in humans before. More cases of 2019 novel coronavirus are expected to be reported in the U.S. and no deaths here.

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Healthy Debate

MARCH 4, 2020

The post Inside quarantine: from SARS in Toronto to coronavirus in Wuhan appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The authorization makes the shot available to nearly 28 million kids between the ages of 5 and 11, though a CDC panel next week could hold significant sway over who among them should be vaccinated.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

For most payers, higher-than-expected coronavirus costs were offset by patients continuing to delay nonessential medical care.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 31, 2021

Use of the treatment had been halted due to weakened efficacy versus an early coronavirus variant. Now, with delta widely prevalent and demand for antibody treatments surging, Lilly's therapy will be available again.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The outcome of a high-stakes advisory panel Tuesday could open the door for millions of kids to receive Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. Here's what we know.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 12, 2022

The health system has enough beds and ventilators but sometimes not enough staff, echoing concerns from other providers across the nation crushed by the latest wave of coronavirus patients with the fast-spreading omicron variant.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 23, 2021

An examination of 50 health systems points to the uneven distribution of federal coronavirus relief funds as a consequence of not having nuanced financial information readily available, Harvard and the Urban Institute researchers said.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

However, the coronavirus exposed the cracks in this facility-centric paradigm. For decades, most patients have traveled to providers—whether medical offices or hospitals—for care.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Despite strong year-over-year revenue growth, the finances of Bright, Clover and Oscar were whalloped by coronavirus and risk adjustment headwinds.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Nurses, researchers and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathoge | A CDC advisory committee's June draft guidelines controversially concluded that N95 face masks are equivalent to surgical face masks in certain settings. (..)

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 23, 2022

The agency has issued a flurry of recent warnings about diagnostics that have been illegally imported into the country as the demand for at-home coronavirus testing increased with the omicron surge.

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