Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
In his Executive Order on Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental—and Behavioral—Health, President Trump established a mental health working group to prevent suicide, end the opioid crisis and improve mental and behavioral health.
The American Hospital Association released updated resources for its “Wear a Mask” and “United Against the Flu” campaigns.
An analysis of blood drawn from a random sample of 28,503 U.S. adults receiving dialysis in July 2020 found fewer than 10% had antibodies for COVID-19. Whether the finding would hold for all U.S. adults is uncertain.
AONL, in addition to the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Nurses Association, is endorsing the Frontline Heroes Act, (H.R. 8441) which would provide survival benefits to the families of health care workers who die from COVID-19 and disability benefits to health care workers…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data this week on the incidence of COVID-19 in children.
The experience of a 361-bed independent medical center using telemedicine and telemonitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic forms the core of an Oct. 7 webinar hosted by the American Hospital Association.
The challenge of communicating with patients on ventilators became widespread during the pandemic. Mary Beth Happ, PhD, RN, distinguished professor of nursing at Ohio State University, provided tips for communication with these patients in a recent article in Medpage Today.
An analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data collected from mid-February to mid-July found nurses predominated among health care professionals (HCPs) who contracted COVID-19.
With the pandemic adding additional urgency to issues surrounding resource allocation, a 2020 report coauthored by Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, AONL CEO and senior vice president and chief nursing officer of the American Hospital Association, was especially timely.