CMS relaxes more regulations to help hospitals fight coronavirus
At both the state and federal level, much of the coronavirus policy response has focused on deregulatory efforts to assist the effort of frontline health care workers. Lawmakers and state leaders...
View ArticleHow can hospitals better prepare for a potential second wave of Coronavirus?
When the Coronavirus began to spread in the U.S., no one knew what to expect. Public health officials weren’t sure what infections, hospitalizations, or deaths would look like in our country compared...
View ArticleNHRMC agrees to partnership with Novant Health, UNC Health
In some non-COVID related health news, the New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) is moving forward with its proposed research and clinical partnership with Novant Health and UNC Health. The New...
View ArticleNurses Union Battle is Bigger than Mission Hospital
North Carolina is in the middle of a union battle at Mission Hospital in Asheville. On September 4, 2020, The Daily News reported on the union ballot initiative’s potential implications across the...
View ArticleTackling the Unhealthy Obsession with the ‘Health of the Nation’
Maureen Mullarkey writes at the Federalist about the troubling history of governments focusing on the nation’s health. Twentieth-century authoritarian regimes were obsessed with cleansing the “unfit”...
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