Anne Cotton, a resident at Regency Park Place in Corvallis, Ore., with her palliative care doctor, Dr. Helen Kao. Ms. Cotton qualifies for hospice, but staffing shortages have meant she is on a waiting list.Credit…Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times SectionsSkip to contentSkip to site index The New Old Age Short on Staff, Some… Read More »
Many people in England are still waiting longer than 24 hours for their coronavirus test results, figures show. Four in 10 tests done by mobile units and three in 10 carried out at regional drive-thru centres were taking longer than that, data up to 24 June reveals. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he expected such… Read More »
By KIM BELLARD We’re not through the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re probably not even near the end of the beginning yet. That hasn’t stopped many pundits to start speculating about how our society (and our healthcare system) are likely to be permanently changed as a result, such as continued reliance on telecommuting and telemedicine. OK, I’ll… Read More »
Dive Brief: Wait times for new patients at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities and private hospitals were similar in 2014, a new Journal of the American Medical Association study authored by researchers affiliated with the VA found. But while wait times in the private sector appeared to be static between 2014 and 2017, wait times… Read More »