Emergency Care EMTALA Alterations During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

The coronavirus 2019 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of health care delivery in the United States, and the emergency medicine system has been hit particularly hard while dealing with this public health crisis. In an unprecedented time in our history, medical systems and clinicians have been asked to be creative, flexible, and innovative, all while continuing to uphold the important standards in the US health care system. To continue providing quality services to patients during this extraordinary time, care providers, organizations, administrators, and insurers have needed to alter longstanding models and procedures to respond to the dynamics of a pandemic. The Emergency Medicine Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986, or EMTALA, is 1 example of where these alterations have allowed health care facilities and clinicians to continue their work of caring for patients while protecting both the patients and the clinicians themselves from infectious exposures at the same time.     

杭州市下城区中老年人对社区中医药卫生服务的需求与影响因素

目的:探究中老年人对对社区中医药卫生服务的需求及影响因素,为促进中医药在社区卫生服务中心的开展提供科学依据。方法:于2018~2019年随机抽取杭州市下城区石桥街道社区卫生服务中心诊治的40岁以上中老年人作为研究对象。采用问卷调查的方法对中老年人进行社区中医药卫生服务的需求及影响因素分析。结果:研究共纳入569例中老年人,中老年人对中医药卫生服务总体需求度为75.75%,对中医药技术服务、中医用药、中医药膳指导服务、腧穴保健指导、中医康复、情志疏导需求度分别为84.53%、75.92%、81.72%、88.75%、71.18%、65.38%。对中医药卫生服务有需求和无需求的两组研究对象中,年龄、性别、BMI、婚姻状况、学历、家庭人均年收入、是否患有慢性病的构成情况差异明显(P<0.05),高年龄、男性、高BMI、丧偶或离异或其他、高学历、高收入及患有慢性病的中老年人对中医药卫生服务需求度较高。结论:中老年人对社区中医药卫生服务的需求度较高,尤其是高年龄、女性、高收入及患有慢性病的人群。     

Correction: Thrombotic and bleeding events,mortality, and anticoagulant use among 546,656 hospitalized patients with COVID‑19 in the United States: a retrospective cohort study

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Measuring Psychological Inflexibility of Suicidal Thoughts: The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire for Suicidal Ideation (AAQ-SI)

Cognitive Therapy and Research - Despite interest in psychological inflexibility as a marker of suicide risk, no measure of psychological inflexibility specific to SI exists. The present study...