News of inefficient COVID vaccine distribution has been reported consistently since approved vaccines arrived at vaccination sites across the country. But this hasn’t been the case for the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. The U.S. Food and […]
To help treat COVID-19 patients, alternate care sites are being used across the nation. Alternative care facilities offer a quick way to provide urgent medical care to patients during hospital surges. However, it is important to still take proper safety […]
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been forced to choose between two difficult options: Risk exposing elderly residents to the coronavirus. Prevent them from seeing their loved ones. Not seeing loved ones, […]
Since March 2020, healthcare providers have faced overwhelming demand for COVID-19 treatment and testing. But what often goes unnoticed are the creative solutions they’ve used to meet those demands. For example, several hospitals teamed up with college campuses across the […]
It’s no secret that COVID-19 took hospitals by storm this year. Many hospitals expanded their facilities to accommodate the overflow of patients. But what will become of those facilities once the pandemic has subsided? One of the major advantages of […]
Mobile hospitals have been a crucial part of every war in history. From ancient battles and sieges to the combat support hospitals that followed troops throughout Europe during World War II, mobile field hospitals and evacuation hospitals have saved countless […]
Every pandemic in history has been the same in two key ways: (1) each has caught humanity off guard and (2) quickly overrun the existing medical infrastructure. Time and again, this has left healthcare organizations, hospitals, clinics, emergency response teams, […]
A surge of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. has the potential to surpass the growth of COVID cases seen in July during the “summer surge”. The seven-day average for new infections is now more than 58,000 per day, an […]
Over the last several months, the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has continued its spread throughout the country, making the case for nation-wide testing incredibly strong. One method for slowing the spread, containing the virus, and providing low-risk testing is […]
New coronavirus cases set a 41-day record on Sunday, July 19 as the seven-day average of infections in the United States continues to trend upward. More than 3.779 million Americans have tested positive and over 140,000 have died since COVID-19 […]
Over recent years, the U.S. has seen a surge in trauma centers opening up as hospitals expand their offerings to treat critically injured patients while also increasing their bottom line. At the same time, dangerous remote work operations and emergency […]
The question of whether a second wave of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 will occur is no longer up for debate. Now scientists are considering what that return may look like, and three potential scenarios have emerged — all […]