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    • Waldman A, Kaplan J. ProPublica. 2020.
    Hospitals have been deeply challenged to provide effective care during the COVID crisis. This article discusses how rationing and ineffective protection for families and patients may have contributed to preventable death and the spread of the virus in families due to unnecessary referrals of patients to home care and hospice.
    Amid COVID-19, discipline against bad doctors plummets; more medical errors may slip through cracks.
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    • O'Donnell J. USA Today. September 8, 2020

    Management and clinical functions to ensure patient safety have been disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article discusses how tracking and submitting of reports of questionable medical care have been reduced due to redirection of efforts of all to managing pandemic related activities.   
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