Hematology
COVID-19 Infection Higher Among Support Staff Than Doctors, Nurses
TUESDAY, Nov. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Support staff in health care settings have higher COVID-19 infection rates than physicians and nurses, according to a study published online Oct. 31 in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Emily S. Barrett, Ph.D., from Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, and colleagues screened 3,904 employees and clinicians at a...
Medicare Outpatient Premium to Rise
MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The Medicare Part B premium for outpatient care will increase next year, and so will the deductible, Medicare officials announced Friday. The monthly premium for outpatient care will rise by $3.90 next year to $148.50, which will claim 20 percent of the average retired worker’s Social Security cost-of-living...
Restricting Symptoms at the End of Life Decreasing
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The occurrence of most restricting symptoms at the end of life has been decreasing during the last 20 years, according to a study published online Nov. 3 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Thomas M. Gill, M.D., from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven,...
Considerable Decreases Seen in Health Care Use During COVID-19
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — During the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a considerable decrease in preventive and elective health care use, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in JAMA Network Open. Christopher M. Whaley, Ph.D., from the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, and colleagues examined...
~65 Percent of Office-Based Doctors Can ID Patients in Need of Follow-Up
THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Almost 65 percent of office-based physicians have the computerized capability to identify patients due for preventive or follow-up care, and having an electronic health record (EHR) system is associated with the ability to send electronic reminders to increase receipt of this care, according to research published in the...
American Society of Nephrology, Oct. 22-25
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology was held virtually this year from Oct. 22 to 25 and attracted participants from around the world, including nephrology specialists, researchers, scientists, and other health care professionals. The conference featured presentations focusing on the latest advances in the management...
AMA: Pandemic Having Negative Financial Impact on Physician Practices
MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Medical practices have been economically stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with roughly a one-third average drop in revenue, according to a survey released by the American Medical Association (AMA). The AMA asked 3,500 physicians to respond to a 40-question online survey from mid-July through August 2020. All respondents...
Americans Get Easier Access to Their Medical Records
MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Free, electronic access to notes written about them by their doctors will become available to millions of Americans on Monday. That is when many health systems will open up their records under a new federal transparency measure. The final deadline for doing so is next April, the Associated...
Health Care Workers, Families Account for One in Six COVID-19 Admissions
FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Health care workers and their households account for 17.2 percent of COVID-19 admissions in the working-age population, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in The BMJ. Anoop S.V. Shah, M.D., from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues examined the risk for hospital...
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