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EMS services warn of 'crippling labor shortage' undermining 911 emergency system

Mon, 2021-10-11 10:22 — mike kraft
EMS services warn of 'crippling labor shortage' undermining 911 system The pandemic-induced shortage of emergency medical technicians and paramedics nationwide is so dire that ambulance service providers warn of sharp cuts to NBC News
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OPINION: Covid-19 keeps delivering lessons about health care worker burnout. Will we learn them?

Thu, 2021-10-07 17:13 — mike kraft
Learning the lessons of health care worker burnout from Covid-19- STAT Health care workers have shown up day after day, risking physical and emotional burnout. Health care leaders need to show up for them. Patrick Skerrett STAT
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Only a Fraction of Health Care Workers Are Risking Their Jobs Over Vaccinations

Thu, 2021-10-07 11:03 — mike kraft
Only a Fraction of Health Care Workers Are Risking Their Jobs Over Vaccinations With deadlines for health care workers to get coronavirus vaccinations either in the past or quickly approaching, it is clear that only a fraction of those workers across the nation are choosing to risk their jobs by failing to comply. The consequences employers warned of are becoming reality.
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Kaiser Permanente puts 2,000 workers on unpaid leave over vaccine mandate

Wed, 2021-10-06 12:39 — mike kraft
Kaiser Permanente puts 2,000 workers on unpaid leave over vaccine Kaiser Permanente has put more than 2,200 workers on unpaid leave for not abiding by its coronavirus vaccine mandate. Lexi Lonas TheHill
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U.S. overall Hospitalization rates are down but 8 states still have fewer than 15% of ICU beds available

Wed, 2021-10-06 10:12 — mike kraft
Hospitalization rates are down across the US, but these 8 states still have fewer than 15% of ICU beds available While much of the US is seeing a decline in hospitalizations for Covid-19, it's also evident the fight against the pandemic is far from over as eight states are reporting limited numbers of available ICU beds. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN
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U.S. hospitals in less-vaccinated areas are struggling financially as infections mount and stimulus runs out

Wed, 2021-10-06 09:53 — mike kraft
Hospitals in less-vaccinated areas are struggling financially as infections mount and stimulus runs out Hospitals are struggling financially, with the delta variant surging just as the $178 billion taxpayer safety net winds down. Christopher Rowland Washington Post
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Alabama small rural hospital shows effective use of telemedicine.

Tue, 2021-10-05 18:45 — mike kraft
At a rural ICU, Covid-19’s summer surge put telehealth to the test A tele-ICU program run by the University of Alabama at Birmingham's health system has helped bolster critical care at a rural hospital. Katie Palmer STAT

On the surface, there’s little about Whitfield Regional Hospital that would make it a safety net for Alabama’s sickest Covid-19 patients. It has a small ICU with eight beds, and no critical care doctors on staff. The rural hospital has spent decades focused on caring for the community surrounding Demopolis, population 7,000, in the heart of the state’s Black Belt.

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NIH director Francis S. Collins to step down by end of year

Tue, 2021-10-05 08:51 — mike kraft
NIH director Francis S. Collins to step down by end of year WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, says he is stepping down by the end of the year, having led the research center for 12 years and become a prominent source of public information during the coronavirus pandemic . AP NEWS
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Alaska’s Covid Crisis, Doctors Must Decide Who Lives and Who Dies

Mon, 2021-10-04 18:02 — mike kraft

ANCHORAGE — There was one bed coming available in the intensive care unit in Alaska’s largest hospital.

It was the middle of the night, and the hospital, Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, had been hit with a deluge of coronavirus patients. Doctors now had a choice to make: Several more patients at the hospital, most of them with Covid-19, were in line to take that last I.C.U. spot. But there was also someone from one of the state’s isolated rural communities who needed to be flown in for emergency surgery.

Who should get the final bed?

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New York Vaccination rates rise after mandate; teachers seek to block in Supreme Court

Fri, 2021-10-01 11:16 — mike kraft
Covid-19 live updates: Vaccination rates for New York health-care workers rise after mandate As of Wednesday, 87 percent of hospital staff were fully vaccinated, the state said, and severe staffing shortages do not appear to have materialized. Washington Post
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