Mayo Clinic to launch national hospital-at-home model
Mayo, in partnership with Medically Home, aims to deliver more affordable and efficient high-acuity care to patients typically bound to the hospital. More
‘I cried in private’: The stress of being a doctor and parent working in a COVID-19 unit – The Boston Globe
The ways medical professionals try to protect their own families at home, while treating patients at work. More
Racism, Hazing And Other Abuse Taints Medical Training, Students Say
More than 35% of students surveyed experienced mistreatment in a U.S. medical school. "There's a direct link between this abuse and how some ... health care disparities play out," a black doctor says. More
Why virtual care will outlast the pandemic
With millions of people suddenly video chatting their doctors, there's pressure on Washington to make telehealth a permanent option. More
Using Stories To Mentally Survive As A COVID-19 Clinician
The practice of narrative medicine helps health care professionals hear the life stories behind a patient’s immediate complaints. More
Health-care workers treating coronavirus patients struggle with burnout, depression
As the first wave of patients subsides, many health-care workers are struggling with the death and devastation they saw close up and — perhaps most difficult — with their own inability to save more people’s lives. More
Early Intervention of Palliative Care in the Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This case series examines the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients who received intervention by a novel coronavirus disease 2019 palliative care response team, focused on providing high-quality goals-of-care conversations in time-critical situations. More
As telemedicine takes hold, what are doctors like me missing?
As the COVID-19 crisis pushs medicine to a “new normal,” we need to adapt our care of patients — especially at-risk children. More
Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults—A Mental Health/Public Health Challenge
This Viewpoint encourages the development of evidence-based interventions to guide mental health workers in identifying social isolation and loneliness in elderly individuals. More
Nurses, still fighting coronavirus, serve as medics at George Floyd protests
Nurses treating coronavirus patients have attended multiple protests over the killing of George Floyd to act as medics to protesters hit with tear gas and pepper spray. More