Business of Medicine
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COVID-19 effect: Prescription fills mostly down for leading drugs
Use of hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine jumped by 214% in mid-March, compared with a year earlier.
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APA, others lobby to make COVID-19 telehealth waivers permanent
Opinion
Testing the limits of medical technology
Meeting the deadline for opening a drive-through COVID-19 testing center turned out to be impossible.
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Scientific doubt tempers COVID-19 vaccine optimism
Experts predict a COVID-19 vaccine won’t be widely available this year and may not come by the end of 2021.
Commentary
New York City inpatient detox unit keeps running: Here’s how
BronxCare Health System was able to take in patients with substance use disorders at a time when other detox units were closed.
Commentary
Is HIPAA critical?
News
AAN publishes ethical guidance on patient care during the pandemic
The guidance reviews adaptations to inpatient and outpatient care and indicates the need for protocols to allocate scarce medical resources.
Opinion
Audrey Hepburn’s lessons for a COVID clinic
Our world needs grace more than ever and what better place to start but with us.
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Hazard pay included in new COVID-19 relief bill
A few states and hospital systems are already offering this kind of compensation.
Commentary
COVID-19 quarantine: Managing pediatric behavioral issues
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COVID-19 will likely change docs’ incentive targets, bonuses: Survey
Productivity benchmarks for physicians are likely to be lowered in light of plunging patient numbers from COVID-19, and bonuses are expected to...