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Share it This article is part of a series on what the healthcare industry looks like one year after the novel coronavirus was declared a pandemic and life in the United States began to drastically change. The U.S. has grappled with the coronavirus pandemic for one year now, a year that saw major health systems and community physicians alike scrambling to ramp up operations to care for the growing tide of COVID-19 patients. But unlike large hospitals, which have remained on relatively stable footing, the competition for scarce supplies and federal aid paired with a catastrophic plummet in pati...

Doctors Are Going Broke During The Pandemic. Why Is No One Talking About It? Refinery29 3/3/2021 © Provided by Refinery29 Heather Bartos, MD, OB/GYN, received no salary for most of last year. She was still working all week: delivering babies in nearby hospitals, performing routine exams, logging into telehealth appointments. But because she has her own private practice, soon after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, she had to make a choice between reducing her employees’ work hours or going without pay herself; she chose the latter.  “When people think...

Posted Monday, February 22, 2021 10:01 am (BPT) - In the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, many areas of the country banned nonessential medical procedures in an effort to slow the spread of the disease. As a result, many physicians saw fewer patients for routine medical care, such as physical exams and screenings. A recent survey by The Physicians Foundation polled 3,513 physicians and found 41% saw volume decreases of 26% or more in their practices. The impact on cancer screenings was even more profound. For example, screenings for prostate cancer — one of the most commonl...

Prostate Cancer Screenings on the Decline with Concerns Surrounding COVID-19: What Men Should Know Feb. 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail (BPT) - In the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, many areas of the country banned nonessential medical procedures in an effort to slow the spread of the disease. As a result, many physicians saw fewer patients for routine medical care, such as physical exams and screenings. A recent survey by The Physicians Foundation polled 3,513 physicians and found 41% saw volume decreases of 26% or more in their practices. The impact on cancer screenings was even more pr...

After 35 years as an oral surgeon, Dr. Arthur Wilk closed his practice in Clinton following “daunting challenges” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In