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U.S. Hospitals Will Lose $323 Billion in 2020 – Before Accounting for Growing COVID Cases

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health systems are projected to lose $323 billion in 2020 due to declining inpatient and outpatient volumes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the “normal” hospital business. Hospitals racked up over $200 bn in losses between March and June 2020. What’s the worth of $323 billion?

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Income Inequality is Fostering Mis-Trust, the Edelman 2020 Trust Barometer Observes

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But in developed, wealthier parts of the world, like the U.S., “a record number of countries are experiencing an all-time high ‘mass-class’ trust divide,” according to the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer. where private sector organizations began to more visibly take on public health objectives and missions.

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

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– and the wherewithal of the information systems and digital data that keep them running – been put to the test quite like it was in 2020. An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. So, naturally, many of them came here to explore their options.

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Clinician Burnout in the Age of COVID

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From doctors to nurses, physician assistants and other licensed allied health human capital, our health care providers are in a world of hurt. But the public health crisis, Delta variant, and lack of universal precautions adopted by U.S. This was initiated with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“The virus is the boss” — U.S. lives and livelihoods at the beginning of 2021

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economy lost 140,000 jobs — the greatest job loss since April 2020 in the second month of the pandemic. The 2020-21 economic recession is the first time in U.S. As Uwe Reinhardt, health economist guru , is whispering in my ear from his heavenly perch, “It’s the virus, stupid.”

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Health Disparities and the Risks of Social Determinants for COVID-19 – 14 Months of Evidence

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In April 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a report featuring evidence that in the month of March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was not an equal-opportunity killer. For some people such as American Indian and Native Alaskan folks, geography, remoteness, and lack of public health infrastructure are challenges.

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Healthcare, Heal Thyself! How the Industry Can and Should Play the Trust Card

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The emergence of the COVID-19 vaccine “infodemic” has slowed the ability for nations around the world to emerge out of the public health crisis. Growing cynicism among some health citizens facing the politicization of public health tactics like vaccines and facial masks is what we’re talking about.