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Telehealth Expansion During Coronavirus Pandemic Changing Physician-Patient Relationship

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

“Whether telemedicine is a good or bad thing for the physician-patient relationship is largely dependent on the individual level of comfort of the patient and their physician,” says Joy L. Lee, PhD ...

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Physician Advocate: Coronavirus Pandemic Shows Need to Ease Regulatory Burdens

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology

Healthcare is one of the most highly regulated sectors in the U.S. economy. Regulatory compliance costs hospitals $1,200 for every patient admitted, according to the American Hospital Association. ...

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HHS’ OIG outlines strategies used by hospitals in the COVID-19 trenches

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control, Workplace safety

This appendix, reprinted from “Hospital Experiences Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a National Pulse Survey March 23–27, 2020” by the HHS Office of Inspector General, was released Apri...

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OIG report outlines hospital strategies for meeting EM prep challenges

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control, Workplace safety

by A.J. Plunkett (aplunkett@decisionhealth.com) If you are still preparing for a major onslaught of suspected COVID-19 patients or expect another in the fall, review your plans against the strategi...

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Study: Patients equally satisfied with virtual encounters compared to in-person visits

February 12, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

The advent of COVID-19 has fueled the rise of telemedicine, accelerating growth beyond what was even imaginable only three months ago. Along with this phenomenon, a related mystery has been seemingly ...

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6 Steps for Rural Hospitals to Rise to the Coronavirus Challenge

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, an Indiana-based rural hospital succeeded in boosting staff, increasing bed space, and securing essential equipment such as ventilators. ...

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How cancer clinics can treat patients safely during the coronavirus pandemic

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology

Patients with cancer are a high-risk group during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a World Health Organization report published in February. ...

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Telemedicine playing front line role in COVID-19 outbreak

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Some health systems are offering virtual screening for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. After reaching epidemic proportions in Wuhan, China, in December, COVID-19 has spread to 168 countries or ter...

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Looking for ideas? OIG report outlines hospital strategies on COVID challenges

April 06, 2020

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Cybersecurity & Technology

By A.J. Plunkett If you are still preparing for a major onslaught of suspected COVID-19 patients, review your plans against the strategies hospitals already have employed to deal with supply and pe...

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Four ways you haven’t thought about using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has finally come of age. Like a lonely teenager who once struggled to make connections with a broader network of friends and was bound by strict p...

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Telehealth Expansion During Coronavirus Pandemic Changing Physician-Patient Relationship

Physician Advocate: Coronavirus Pandemic Shows Need to Ease Regulatory Burdens

HHS’ OIG outlines strategies used by hospitals in the COVID-19 trenches

OIG report outlines hospital strategies for meeting EM prep challenges

Study: Patients equally satisfied with virtual encounters compared to in-person visits

6 Steps for Rural Hospitals to Rise to the Coronavirus Challenge

How cancer clinics can treat patients safely during the coronavirus pandemic

Telemedicine playing front line role in COVID-19 outbreak

Looking for ideas? OIG report outlines hospital strategies on COVID challenges

Four ways you haven’t thought about using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic

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