MedCity News March 25, 2021
Anuja Vaidya

A new report from the HHS’ Office of Inspector General lays bare the varied challenges hospitals faced in the past year — and continue to face. These range from challenges in healthcare delivery to staffing shortages to shaky finances.

Hospitals and health systems have spent a year fighting a deadly pandemic with, at times, little to no resources. This has had a devastating effect on the healthcare industry. Now, a new government report is attempting to take stock of the year gone by and the ongoing challenges facing hospitals.

Released by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, the report details how responding to the Covid-19 crisis has affected healthcare organizations’ capacity to care for patients,...

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