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States are starting to reopen as stay-at-home orders resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic begin to ease. Unfortunately, reopening likely will not be an immediate return to business as usual... |
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Patient Care with Scarce Medical Resources |
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Healthcare providers, facilities, and patient safety professionals face continued pressure and new strains on already taxed resources. Ensuring patient, resident, and staff safety becomes increasingly complicated when there are shortages of life-saving medical equipment such as ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE)... |
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The Need for Advanced Care Planning during COVID-19 |
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During a crisis or pandemic, thoughtful advanced care planning decisions can be difficult to make. Advanced care planning involves learning about the types of decisions that need to be made, considering those decisions ahead of time, and putting them into an advanced directive... |
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Revising Policies and Procedures during the COVID-19 Crisis |
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Many organizations have made a commitment to review and revise policies and procedures to respond to the rapidly evolving impacts of COVID-19. It can be crucial to document decision-making processes to help lessen current and future confusion around decisions made. During a crisis, policies and procedures are often modified based on pertinent published... |
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Resuming Elective Surgeries and Procedures - Special Resource |
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Working together and sharing information is essential to address the COVID-19 crisis. As part of our commitment to you, KAMMCO has developed and compiled resources for you. While you necessarily make decisions on a case-by-case basis using your clinical judgment, we wanted to provide you with some resources and tools... |
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Documentation of Care and Other Challenges |
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The current COVID-19 crisis may create unique challenges as you provide and document care. The varying executive orders and guidance from all levels of the government can cause uncertainty and confusion about what is and is not permitted during the pandemic... |
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Postponing Care of non-COVID-19 Patients |
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During the crisis of COVID-19 and the surge of critical care patients, providers are also tasked with managing the care and maintenance of their non-COVID-19 population. Providers must still evaluate their current patients' medical conditions and new symptoms that could result in possible missed diagnosis or delay of treatment unrelated to COVID-19.. |
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