News Report | May 4, 2020
Hospital Executives Report Key COVID-19 Challenges In Testing & Post-Acute Care Discharge
At the end of March 2020, administrators from 323 hospitals and health systems responding to a federal survey about their challenges addressing coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) said limited testing supplies to confirm COVID-19 and delayed results led to difficulties in staffing and in discharging to post-acute care. Of the 323 hospitals and health systems that responded to the survey, 117 were treating one or more people with confirmed COVID-19, and 130 were treating one or more people with suspected COVID-19. Of the remaining 76 hospitals, 32 said they were not treating anyone with COVID-19, and . . .