Health Care Staffing Woes Persist as Omicron Surges

<p>With the Omicron coronavirus rapidly spreading through the United States, many are reassessing their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the CDC revised its guidelines for quarantine and isolation periods (which was met with mixed reactions). </p><p>Workers, organizations, and schools are all trying to navigate this period of uncertainty as infections rise.</p><p>On today's episode of <em>Health Affairs This Week</em>, Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Rob Lott discuss the latest on COVID-19 quarantine periods, CDC guidance on the subject, and how those recommendations and the ongoing pandemic is affecting the health care workforce.</p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01289">Nurse Employment During The First Fifteen Months Of The COVID-19 Pandemic</a> (<em>Health Affairs</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20200414.197056">Emerging Health Workforce Strategies To Address COVID-19</a> (<em>Health Affairs Forefront</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html">CDC Updates and Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population</a> (CDC)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/AFL-21-08.aspx">California Department of Public Health Regarding Quarantine and Isolation Periods</a> (CDPH)</li> </ul><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/health-affairs-this-week">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-affairs-this-week/id1542851834?uo=4">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6PrckGFlwVI1QTNASEtaNQ">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://castro.fm/itunes/1542851834">Castro</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey/health-affairs-this-week">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://deezer.com/show/2044382">Deezer</a> | <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1542851834">Overcast</a></p>