In response to coronavirus, experts are designing plans to ration resources and determine who should get care before someone else.
Podcast
What Keeps Me Up at Night
Many older adults were already lonely and isolated before this crisis began. How are they faring now and what’s being done to help them?
Coronavirus Conversations: Bob Wachter, Pt. 3
Is the coronavirus situation in San Francisco calm enough that one of its top hospitals could start sending doctors to help New York City?
After the Hospital
Is it a good idea for hospitals to send patients recovering from COVID-19 to nursing homes?
Coronavirus Conversations: Daniela Lamas
After her hospital bans most visitors to prevent the spread of coronavirus, an ICU doctor struggles to keep her patients connected.
Coronavirus Conversations: David Reich
A view from inside a hospital at the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak in New York City.
Coronavirus Conversations: Amy Richardson
A doctor worries about the care her patients won’t get because of the coronavirus.
Coronavirus Conversations: Mayra Jimenez
After coronavirus takes her job and her insurance along with it, a woman living with a chronic condition navigates her new reality.
Coronavirus Conversations: Bob Wachter Pt. 2
California hasn’t seen the surge of COVID-19 cases that New York has. But hospitals are preparing for if it does.
Primary Care in Crisis
The coronavirus pandemic is putting a serious strain on the country’s primary care system.
