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Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic Photo: AP Photo/John Minchillo, File. FILE - In this April 17, 2020, file photo, a patient is loaded into an ambulance by emergency medical workers outside Cobble Hill Health Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by more than 30% last year, with two devastating surges eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most complete assessment yet of the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims. Associated Press Created: June 22, 2021 02:50 PM
Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most comprehensive look yet at the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims.
Nursing home deaths increased 32% in 2020 amid pandemic, report finds
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BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 2: A resident in a wheelchair at an assisted living facility in Boston, MA on September 02, 2020. In the Commonwealth’s senior care sites, the coronavirus took a particularly insidious hold in the spring and early summer, and t
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most comprehensive look yet at the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims.
The report from the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services found that about 4 in 10 Medicare recipients in nursing homes had or likely had COVID-19 in 2020, and that deaths overall jumped by 169,291 from the previous year, before the coronavirus appeared.
Apple Making Strides in Health Record Sharing By Ken Terry
June 22, 2021 A growing number of consumers can now download their electronic health records to the Apple Health Record on their iPhones as more health care providers get onboard.
Meanwhile, Apple just announced what could eventually prove to be a breakthrough for patients: the ability to share with their doctor health records from other providers and the data that they generate themselves on their iPhones, Apple Watches, and third-party apps.
But some observers say we have a long way to go before much of this information will be useful to doctors. And it’s not clear how many people will download their records, partly because medical terms can be hard for consumers to understand, they note.
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