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How to expand the APP role in a crisis
May 11, 2020
The COVID crisis could help to advance the conversation about the appropriate role for APPs and their scope of practice in hospital medicine.
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Opinion
What does COVID-19 mean for child safety?
May 11, 2020
There is an increased risk of child abuse in this stressful time, when fewer people see at-risk children.
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Opinion
Plan now to address the COVID-19 mental health fallout
- Lalasa Doppalapudi, MD;
- Steven Lippmann, MD
May 11, 2020
Mental health professionals should begin working with public health and political leaders now to develop plans, said Dr. Lalasa Doppwalapudi and Dr. Steven Lippmann.
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COVID-19: Eight steps for getting ready to see patients again
May 7, 2020
You may need to hire temporary workers if your staff tests positive.
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COVID-19 death rate was twice as high in cancer patients in NYC study
May 5, 2020
The overall case fatality rate was 28% for cancer patients with COVID-19 and 14% for noncancer COVID-19 patients.
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CMS hikes telephone visit payments during pandemic
May 1, 2020
Physician groups praised the move to increase payments for telephone visits.
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Primary care physicians reshuffle their work, lives in a pandemic
May 1, 2020
“Our knowledge of this disease is five steps behind, and changing at lightning speed,” said Dr. MaryAnn Dakkak.
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COVID-19: An opportunity, challenge for addiction treatment, NIDA boss says
April 30, 2020
Right now, said Dr. Nora Volkow, “we are in the dark as to how COVID infections have affected the number of overdose deaths.”
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Trials and tribulations: Neurology research during COVID-19
April 30, 2020
Many researchers have redesigned their studies, at least in part to optimize the safety of their participants and research staff.
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Two rare neurologic conditions linked to COVID-19
April 29, 2020
Two variants of Guillain-Barré syndrome—Miller Fisher syndrome and polyneuritis cranialis—have been linked with COVID-19 infection.