Hospitals

“It’s really, hopefully, going to be the beginning of the end,” OhioHealth CEO Dr. Stephen Markovich told CNBC.

California has asked hospitals to ramp up their coronavirus testing amid a surge of new cases, urging them to test health care workers at least once per week while testing all new patients before admitting them.

“We’re at or beyond capacity. We’re making every possible infrastructure, including more airflow rooms,” Billings Clinic CEO Dr. Scott Ellner told CNBC.

In future, artificial intelligence will help to diagnose patients and develop the medicine required at “very low costs,” says venture capitalist Tim Draper.

“You cannot manufacture a talented and compassionate caregiver, and that’s where we’re having trouble with now,” Allina Health CEO Dr. Penny Wheeler told CNBC.

President-elect Joe Biden promised help for health care workers fighting the crisis Wednesday, but is still being blocked from receiving crucial transition data; COVID-19 relief remains stalled in Congress.

Conditions inside the nation’s hospitals are deteriorating by the day as the coronavirus rages through the country at an unrelenting pace.

“We’re finding that all of our hospitals are reaching their limit in capacity,” UW Health CEO Dr. Alan Kaplan told CNBC.

With cases spiking across the country, hospitals in some areas are nearing capacity and health care workers are feeling the strain.

Dr. Luca Cabrini was certain his hospital in Italy’s Lombardy province would reach its breaking point with 300 COVID-19 patients

“We have to get through the next two or three months, and so this is going to be, really, a temporary pain,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Thursday.

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is reaching record highs in several U.S. states, as Americans vote for their next president under the shadow of a resurging pandemic.

U.S. hospitals are scrambling to hire more nurses as the coronavirus pandemic surges, leading to stiff competition and increased costs.

The Trump administration is trying to pull back the veil on health care costs to encourage competition, finalizing a requirement for insurers to tell consumers up front the actual prices for common tests and procedures

Federal agencies say cybercriminals are unleashing a major ransomware assault against the U.S. healthcare system.

Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn’t see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August.

A second surge of the coronavirus in the fall and winter could be catastrophic for the U.S. It’s not just more sick people that doctors worry about, NBC News reports.

California’s attorney general is asking the state Legislature to give him the power to block hospital mergers he says would limit competition and drive up prices.

Even after coronavirus cases subsided in New York City, health care workers who battled the worst of the pandemic are still struggling with the mental health consequences. The New York Times interviewed NYC health care workers about their long-term emotional struggles.

Doctors, hospitals and medical students are ramping up efforts to register voters as part of a nationwide campaign this month