Urgent Need for Multilingual Providers, In-Person Interpreters
Experts worry that language barriers, which can be challenging to address in the best of times, will now create a serious health divide.
Read MoreAs Schools Stay Closed, Pressures Rise for Food-Insecure Families
With applications for SNAP more than quadrupling, city partnerships work to preserve food distribution to homebound children at risk of hunger.
Read MoreThe Effect of Redeploying Hospital Resources for COVID-19
Providing the best feasible care for COVID also brings consequences for clinicians and patients.
Read MoreThe Downside of COVID-19 Prevention Measures for Public Health
Currently approaching 2.5 million, the number of COVID-19 cases is still rising around the world — with cases in the U.S. nearing 750,000. To reduce spread of the virus, governments have implemented lockdowns, declared national emergencies, and ordered the public to stay at home.
Read MoreCOVID-19 and Racism: Changing Predictable Outcomes
As data shows the coronavirus is more greatly affecting people of color, experts raise concerns for post-pandemic repercussions and call for prioritization of the social determinants.
Read MoreBuilding Reopens to Provide Continuum of Care for Homeless
In record time, local and state collaboration stands up respite care for stable COVID-positive people who otherwise wouldn’t have a safe place to quarantine.
Read MoreRelaxed Federal Policies Enable Street Outreach for Substance Use
Telemedicine and lower-barrier access to buprenorphine hold potential to make gains against the opioid epidemic after the COVID-19 crisis subsides.
Read MoreSocial Distancing May Increase HIV and Overdose Risk
Isolation and barriers to harm reduction services could increase overdoses and new HIV infections among people who use drugs, experts worry.
Read MoreNo One Screams on a Breathing Machine
In ICUs that are typically alive with the hum of care and visitation, it is the silence and emptiness that are most alarming.
Read MoreCoronavirus Challenges Highlight the Extent of Nursing’s Role
Recent news has given much attention to the pressure that’s on acute care facilities across the country as a result of COVID-19, but the pandemic has touched all aspects and areas of care. The chief nursing officer at Boston Medical Center, Nancy Gaden, DPN, RN, has lead her nursing team through incredible changes over the past…
Read MoreThe Evolving Role of Hospital Support Services During COVID-19
Teams responsible for cleaning, feeding, and supplying hospitals have had to adapt rapidly, says BMC’s senior director of support services.
Read MoreModeling, Staffing and Operational Planning for Coronavirus Surge
The CEO and executive vice president of Boston Medical Center Health System discuss surge planning to remain staffed and resourced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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