by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 28, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
It’s hard to believe that we began posting COVID-19 Diaries on March 27th – exactly 4 weeks ago. Tonight I re-read the entire series of posts. If you haven’t done that, it doesn’t take long and it’s a fascinating window into the pandemic and the way that medical...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
Here’s another guest blog from Dr Carter. (If you didn’t read her post on the origins of COVID-19, be sure to take a look because it’s chilling.) This is food for thought as we try to reopen the economy. –Caroline Let’s look at some recent epidemiological data...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
Here’s another guest blog by Dr. Marissa Carter. Sit down before you read it. You may want to pass this on! –Caroline COVID-19 Virus: The Origin Story The accepted origins story is that this virus crossed from some animal to a human at a wet market, and this...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19
CMS has extended the 2019 MIPS reporting data submission deadline. For MIPS eligible clinicians reporting as INDIVIDUALS, CMS has identified the COVID-19 pandemic as a triggering event for the MIPS Automatic Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (E&UC) policy....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Our “COVID-19 Diaries” guest blogger gave us her thoughts about HBOT for COVID-19 through the lens of a pulmonary/critical care physician. HBOT may have promise in reducing the need for intubation and improving lung recovery. I have gotten a lot of comments and emails...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 18, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
Courage is Moving Forward Despite Your Fear I watched the Jordan Peterson YouTube video below about fear and anxiety. In it, he says, “Everyone has the ultimate reason to be anxious– because we know we are going to die.” And, when facing real danger, sensible...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 17, 2020 | COVID-19
COVID-19 diaries – in graphic form. The good news is that the curve has, in fact, become flat. That’s better than the Himalayan climb we saw in March. Right now, discharges from the ICU occur at the same rate as admissions – so there isn’t any indication that the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 17, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
The Long Slog of the Pulmonary Consult Service COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting men, maybe because they have more ACE2 receptors than women, I don’t know. All I know is the male physicians are taking a beating from COVID-19. So, we made the decision to put the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 15, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Diaries
I’m starting to see rays of light pierce through the clouds like it does after a bad storm passes by. Maybe we have actually achieved the goal of “flattening of the curve,” which is what we hoped would be the reward for shutting down the entire world. The ICU...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 15, 2020 | COVID-19
Above: Our COVID-19 Diaries Front Line Doc shows us the converted hospital cafeteria, ready to serve seriously ill COVID-19 patients. Read the COVID-19 Interim Final Rule FAQs As part of the CMS Hospital Without Walls initiative, for the duration of the COVID-19 PHE,...
