Fierce Healthcare March 24, 2021
Hospitals told a federal watchdog that they have having a difficult time balancing complex care needed for COVID-19 patients and jump-starting efforts to resume routine hospital care.
Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General released a new report on Wednesday that detailed responses from hospital administrators employed by 320 hospitals across 45 states and the District of Columbia.
Several hospitals reported that they are facing major clinical challenges caring for patients.
“Hospital clinicians have had to keep up with emerging treatment protocols, often without sufficient specialty staff, such as infectious disease specialists, pulmonologists, respiratory therapists and clinical nurses trained in treating COVID-19,” the report said.
A major challenge has been treating COVID-19 patients that suffer long-term effects that...
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