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David Shulkin, M.D., on COVID-19 Financial Consequences for Health Care System

posted April 27th
by modernClinician Editorial Team

Health care organizations are facing hard financial decisions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but an end is in sight as some are beginning to slowly open back up around the country, according to David Shulkin, M.D. Shulkin, who served as ninth secretary for Veterans Affairs and is former president and CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, spoke with HealthDay during a live stream on the HealthDay YouTube channel and live blog.

Survey Finds Anesthesiologists Prepared for COVID-19 Patients

posted April 24th
by modernClinician Editorial Team

Anesthesiologists on the front lines of treating surgical COVID-19 patients in Turkey are generally knowledgeable about airway management, according to the results of a national survey published online April 6 in Surgical Infections.

Kidney Transplants From, to Extreme Elderly Feasible in ESRD

posted April 14th
by modernClinician Editorial Team

Kidney transplantation among elderly people with end-stage renal disease can be successful, allowing them to live dialysis-free, according to a study recently published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.

U.S. Spends More on Health Care, but Has Worse Life Expectancy

posted January 30th
by modernClinician Editorial Team

The United States spends substantially more than any other wealthy nation on health care, yet it has a lower life expectancy and a higher suicide rate than other wealthy nations, according to a January data brief released by the Commonwealth Fund.