Tag: Hospitals
A hospital that prescribes free nutritious food to families who need...
Diana Cuy Castellanos, University of Dayton
Being food-insecure – unable to get enough nutritious food to meet your needs – can take a toll on...
The pitfalls of hospitals seeking donations from their rich patients
Sara Konrath, IUPUI and Reshma Jagsi, University of Michigan
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Steroids cut COVID-19 death rates, but not for everyone – here’s...
Bryan McVerry, University of Pittsburgh
New studies show that treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with inexpensive steroids can cut their risk of dying from the...
Is telehealth as good as in-person care? A telehealth researcher explains...
Jennifer A. Mallow, West Virginia University
COVID-19 has led to a boom in telehealth, with some health care facilities seeing an increase in its use...
Drug shortages pose a public health crisis in the US
Sharona Hoffman, Case Western Reserve University
On June 12, the American Medical Association announced that drug shortages pose an urgent public health crisis. This crisis...
Defending hospitals against life-threatening cyberattacks
Mohammad S. Jalali, MIT Sloan School of Management
Like any large company, a modern hospital has hundreds – even thousands – of workers using countless...
3 things I learned from delivering medical aid to a remote...
Asa Oxner Myers, University of South Florida
I belong to a group called Doctors for Puerto Rico.
We have been dispatching medicine and small teams of...
EXPLORING NATURE
What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with...
Christina Hymer, University of Tennessee
When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes...
