With business models upended by COVID-19, hospitals are dusting off a decades-old model for bringing acute care into patients’ homes.
Public Health
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Masking Problems
How racism makes wearing a mask in public much more complicated for one black doctor.
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The Home Run Approach
Some scientists argue we should intentionally infect volunteers with the coronavirus to get a vaccine sooner. How would it work?
Posted inHealth Law
Bill, Interrupted
The coronavirus has dashed Colorado Democrats’ dreams of passing a highly anticipated public option bill.
Posted inHealth Technology
What the Fax?
Public health departments find themselves fighting the coronavirus with phones and faxes rather than the real-time data that they need.
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Disease Detectives
Inside one county’s efforts to use contact tracing to flatten the COVID-19 curve.
Posted inWorkforce
Primary Care on the Mend
The coronavirus is straining our primary care system. But, for some, the situation is starting to look up.
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(Almost) Everyone Is Doing It
What’s the best way to convince people to practice social distancing?
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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?
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After the Hospital
Is it a good idea for hospitals to send patients recovering from COVID-19 to nursing homes?