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Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health launch two COVID-19 clinical trials

Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have launched two vital clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of two drugs - hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin - to treat patients with COVID-19.

13 Apr 2020

Surgeons report on rural preparedness response plan for dealing with COVID-19

Major metropolitan areas such as New York, Seattle, and Detroit have dominated news of the COVID-19 outbreak, but rural hospitals and health care systems must also prepare for a surge of coronavirus patients.

12 Apr 2020

FDA approves COVID-19 solutions created by Ohio State Medical Center scientists

The Food and Drug Administration has approved solutions created by scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center that both expand and accelerate COVID-19 testing across Ohio.

12 Apr 2020

Furor erupts: Billions going to hospitals based on Medicare billings, not COVID-19

Probably few hospital systems need the emergency federal grants announced this week to handle the coronavirus crisis as badly as Florida's Jackson Health does.

11 Apr 2020

To ‘keep the lights on,’ doctors and hospitals ask for advance Medicare payments

Darrin Menard, a family physician in Lafayette, Louisiana, has spent the past month easing patients' anxieties about the coronavirus that has killed 10 people in his parish so far.

10 Apr 2020

University of Utah Health, Intermountain Healthcare launch two clinical trials to treat COVID-19 patients

Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have launched two vital clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of two drugs -hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and azithromycin - to treat patients with COVID-19 (infection with the novel coronavirus).

9 Apr 2020

Quantifying the risk among health care providers who intubate COVID-19 patients

A team at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania launched the United States component of a global registry that aims to help protect health care providers who intubate patients with COVID-19 and better quantify their risk of developing the disease.

9 Apr 2020

What’s missing in the coronavirus response

In the age of coronavirus, Americans are being told to stay home and wear masks outside. The federal government has made way for hospitals to treat patients in repurposed hotels and dormitories. Private companies are working to push out new diagnostic tests.

9 Apr 2020

Researchers develop online resource to refine results from RNA sequencing

DNA sequencing is becoming a more commonplace method for detecting diseases and improving precision medicine.

8 Apr 2020

Philadelphia Eagles owner contributes $1 million to Penn Medicine to fight COVID-19 pandemic

Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie today announced a $1 million contribution to Penn Medicine to establish the COVID-19 Immunology Defense Fund, laying the foundation for the world's foremost experts to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic.

8 Apr 2020

Novel intervention improves outcomes for opioid-dependent mothers and their children

The rate of pregnant women with opioid use disorder, or OUD, when giving birth more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

8 Apr 2020

Novel research explores interaction between engineered gene circuits and biological host cells

Recent discoveries by two research teams in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University are advancing the field of synthetic biology.

7 Apr 2020

'Housing Prescription as Health Care' program associated with improved family health

Results of a study show that enrollment in a program that supports housing and health needs of medically complex families was associated with improved child health and parent mental health within six months.

7 Apr 2020

Penn-led trial to evaluate the effectiveness of HCQ in combating COVID-19 pandemic

A new trial led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will evaluate whether the drug hydroxychloroquine can benefit people infected with COVID-19, as well as whether taking the drug preventatively may help people avoid infection altogether.

6 Apr 2020

Researchers investigate link between air pollution and SARS-CoV-2 lethality in Italy

The world has been hit hard by coronavirus, and health services and authorities everywhere are struggling to reduce the spread, combat the disease and protect the population. Nevertheless, the pandemic will cost lives throughout the world.

6 Apr 2020

UC San Diego Health expands COVID-19 testing capacity

From the beginning, the ability of front line clinicians to test patients for COVID-19 -- to determine whether a person is infected with the disease-causing novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 -- has been part and parcel of the pandemic.

6 Apr 2020

Clinical trial to evaluate experimental COVID-19 drug is underway at Montefiore and Einstein

Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine has joined a clinical trial to evaluate the experimental drug remdesivir to treat people who are hospitalized with severe COVID-19 infection.

5 Apr 2020

Duke to lead PCORI-funded study of COVID-19 prevention in healthcare workers

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has funded up to $50 million to evaluate hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a preventive drug for the novel coronavirus.

1 Apr 2020

PCORI funds $50 million to study HCQ's effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 in healthcare workers

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors today approved up to $50 million to fund a registry and randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in preventing COVID-19 infections in U.S. healthcare workers.

1 Apr 2020

UM receives funding for research center dedicated to addressing public health challenges

As emergent pathogens like coronavirus and climate-related health challenges like wildfire smoke plague human populations, the University of Montana has received funding for a center dedicated to understanding and addressing public health challenges to Montana and the region.

31 Mar 2020

Health Systems News and Research

Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health launch two COVID-19 clinical trials

Surgeons report on rural preparedness response plan for dealing with COVID-19

FDA approves COVID-19 solutions created by Ohio State Medical Center scientists

Furor erupts: Billions going to hospitals based on Medicare billings, not COVID-19

To ‘keep the lights on,’ doctors and hospitals ask for advance Medicare payments

University of Utah Health, Intermountain Healthcare launch two clinical trials to treat COVID-19 patients

Quantifying the risk among health care providers who intubate COVID-19 patients

What’s missing in the coronavirus response

Researchers develop online resource to refine results from RNA sequencing

Philadelphia Eagles owner contributes $1 million to Penn Medicine to fight COVID-19 pandemic

Novel intervention improves outcomes for opioid-dependent mothers and their children

Novel research explores interaction between engineered gene circuits and biological host cells

'Housing Prescription as Health Care' program associated with improved family health

Penn-led trial to evaluate the effectiveness of HCQ in combating COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers investigate link between air pollution and SARS-CoV-2 lethality in Italy

UC San Diego Health expands COVID-19 testing capacity

Clinical trial to evaluate experimental COVID-19 drug is underway at Montefiore and Einstein

Duke to lead PCORI-funded study of COVID-19 prevention in healthcare workers

PCORI funds $50 million to study HCQ's effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 in healthcare workers

UM receives funding for research center dedicated to addressing public health challenges

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