To Address Crucial Occupancy Issues, Nursing Home Facilities Must Remain Safe, Empathetic, and Innovative

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the elderly, killing one in every 100 older Americans as the US death toll surpasses 800,000. As a result, nursing home facilities are especially vulnerable to severe virus transmission — namely nursing homes, which have experienced drops in facility occupancy due to the pandemic.  Now, as infection rates rebound [...]

By |2022-06-13T15:20:18+00:00June 13th, 2022|Blog|

Innovative, Collaborative Leadership Remains An Asset to COVID-Era Healthcare Logistics

The COVID-19 pandemic remains an unprecedented challenge for the US healthcare system, pushing the sector to innovate quickly and efficiently for the sake of patients, workers, and institutions alike. These changes include the optimization of healthcare logistics, the foundation of virus mitigation protocol. As healthcare- and lab-related supply chains fell into a state of indefinite [...]

By |2022-05-04T13:22:44+00:00May 4th, 2022|Blog|

As “Pandemic Pet” Ownership Spikes, Vet Care Faces Critical Declines Amidst Burnout

As COVID-19 endures amidst new variant outbreaks, several pandemic-related trends have followed suit – namely an uptick in “pandemic pet” ownership. Shelters, breeders, and rescue centers have been inundated with hopeful pet owners looking to combat social isolation and existential anxiety.  Now, in face of countless new patients and pet-related inquiries, many veterinary clinics are [...]

By |2021-11-10T18:50:17+00:00November 11th, 2021|Blog|

Hospice Care vs. Palliative Care: Understanding Their Key Differences

Despite its benefits, many people are entirely unaware of palliative care. More than 70 percent of U.S. adults who took part in the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) in 2018 reported no knowledge of such care. Of those who claimed some knowledge, 38 percent mistakenly equated it to hospice care and 44.4 percent said [...]

By |2021-11-10T18:45:22+00:00November 10th, 2021|Blog|

Could Cancer Breakthroughs in Canine Specialty Care Lead to Human Cures?

Comparative oncology between humans and mammalian pets -- specifically dogs -- is revealing the ways pet cancer research could positively impact the future of human cancer outcomes.  Through a variety of ongoing clinical trials and experimental treatments, scientists have progressed a body of research stemming from the mapping of the human and canine genome. These [...]

By |2021-08-13T13:34:43+00:00August 13th, 2021|Blog|

How a Proposed Change in Drug Pricing Would Affect A Value-Based Model

Political discussion on how to solve America’s drug pricing problem has been ongoing for years, and for good reason.  Patients in the United States often face intimidating prices when filling their prescriptions. According to data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 8 percent of Americans do not take their medications as [...]

By |2020-12-04T16:17:41+00:00December 4th, 2020|Blog|

Should COVID-19 Aftermath Be of Concern for Primary Care Physicians?

Nine months into the pandemic, it has become clear that patients’ health problems may not end when their acute COVID-19 infection does.  While formal research into the virus’s long-term implications is still too nascent to provide clear insights, anecdotal evidence of post-recovery health problems has begun to mount. In mid-November, the Centers for Disease Control [...]

By |2021-04-06T20:10:14+00:00December 1st, 2020|Blog|

Assessing the Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Telepsychiatry Availability

Before COVID-19, the question of whether digital consultations would ever supplant in-person sessions as the industry norm would have been difficult to imagine. However, when faced with the choice of either shuttering their doors against the virus or migrating onto digital platforms, mental health professionals have overwhelmingly selected the latter. In June, the American Psychological [...]

By |2020-12-04T15:58:28+00:00November 20th, 2020|Blog|

The Potential for Telemedicine Support in Emergency Medicine

While telemedicine’s applications in primary and senior home care have been extensively covered in journals and newspapers, comparatively little has been said about digitally-facilitated treatment’s place in emergency medicine. Telemedicine has significant, if relatively untapped, potential to boost efficiency and improvement care quality within the specialty. Several studies have considered the benefit that teleconsultations could [...]

By |2020-08-31T21:12:18+00:00August 31st, 2020|Blog|

“Waiting Out” COVID-19 Isn’t a Solution for Outpatient Care

The likelihood of a second COVID-19 wave occurring in the fall appears high to the point of inevitability. Given this, outpatient providers must make a concerted effort to inform patients that the instructions that they received in March (i.e., to avoid all “nonessential” healthcare procedures) are no longer relevant.  Outpatient clinics have taken significant steps [...]

By |2020-09-18T17:56:38+00:00August 27th, 2020|Blog|