Health
Omicron surge is undermining care for other health problems
Roger Strukhoff was being treated for intestinal bleeding at a hospital outside Chicago this month when he suffered a mild heart attack.
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News tagged with wait times
Medical economics
Study highlights dire need for improved access to emergency care
Health economists wondered if states that expanded Medicaid coverage to more low-income Americans in 2014 under a new provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would lead to increased wait times in emergency departments.
Nov 08, 2021
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Cardiology
Consequences of significant decrease in cardiac procedures during the pandemic: Canadian study
An analysis of healthcare data in Ontario, Canada found a significant decline in referrals and procedures performed for common cardiac interventions after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients awaiting coronary bypass ...
Sep 29, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The burden of a positive COVID-19 test result has some people 'test shopping' for a negative
One morning, Amy Rosen woke up with body aches and a throbbing head. When she couldn't shake the feeling, she went to urgent care to get swabbed for COVID-19 and paid $45 to get quick results. Two days later, her test result ...
Aug 06, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study shows critical coronavirus test delays across the US
More than 63 percent of U.S. residents are waiting longer than one to two days to get their coronavirus test results—delays that undermine the contact tracing that could identify individuals who are contagious but show ...
Aug 04, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How can hospitals make the most of time and drugs to battle COVID-19?
The number of cases of COVID-19 in the United States is expected to reach far beyond the nation's hospital capacity. To cope with the anticipated surge of patients, healthcare workers will need to adopt new strategies to ...
Mar 20, 2020
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Health
Patients rank doctors lower if they experience long delays in waiting rooms
Doctors are increasingly rated by their patients for the quality of their care, but one seemingly unrelated issue can tank that all-important score: Long delays in the waiting room.
Feb 25, 2020
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Cardiology
Hepatitis C-positive donors a viable option to expand heart donor pool
Patients who were transplanted with hearts from hepatitis C-positive donors had comparable outcomes after one year to patients who received hearts from donors that didn't have the disease, according to a Vanderbilt University ...
Dec 20, 2019
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Emergency room patients acuity levels not always considered when within wait time target
New research from the UBC Sauder School of Business reveals that Metro Vancouver emergency patient acuity levels sometimes come second to wait time targets, largely due to doctors being unclear around existing emergency room ...
May 02, 2019
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Health
Wait times have improved in VA health care system
(HealthDay)—From 2014 to 2017, there were improvements in wait times in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system, resulting in reduced wait times versus the private sector (PS) in 2017, according to a ...
Jan 19, 2019
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