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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

What are, and have been, the key challenges in coping with the Covid-19 pandemic? Viral pandemics can have impacts that are as significant in the socio-economic field as they are in epidemiology and viral medicine. Hospitals need to develop very substantial surge capacity and greatly increase their infection control measures.

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Digitizing hospitals to become hubs of innovation

Citrix

The pandemic dramatically accelerated technology adoption across the healthcare sector, which historically has been slow to innovate.

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Digitizing hospitals to become hubs of innovation

Citrix

The pandemic dramatically accelerated technology adoption across the healthcare sector, which historically has been slow to innovate.

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Interpreting the Pandemic for Decision Making and Action

Emergency Planning

As the Covid-19 pandemic progresses, causing distributed crises in one country after another, it is like watching all I have taught about for the last four decades flash past in a sort of speeded-up film. My primary message was that a pandemic is as much a socio-economic and behavioural problem as a medical and epidemiological one.

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CHG Healthcare Helps Hospitals Tackle Staff Shortages as Demand for Doctors and Nurses Soars

Pure Storage

These shortages have become more pressing during the COVID-19 pandemic, with hospitals overrun and in urgent need of additional doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel to treat and care for patients. Today, hospitals rely on digital platforms and talent management software to manage their staffing needs.

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Two Reports on Building a More Resilient Health Care System

Recovery Diva

From HSToday: Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Building a More Resilient U.S. Each state is grouped into one of three tiers based on the “10 Top-Priority Indicators of State Public Health Preparedness,” which includes factors such as community water system safety, flu vaccination rates, and patient safety in hospitals.

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Post-Pandemic Business Continuity Recovery Strategies

FEI

I often lead crisis management drills for one of our customers in the hospitality industry. It wasn’t just small business that took a major hit during the pandemic. The post Post-Pandemic Business Continuity Recovery Strategies appeared first on FEI Behavioral Health. Some big-name franchises did as well.