Providence leadership perspectives on COVID-19 (3/12/20)
Providence is committed to bringing you data-backed, science-based perspectives on what's happening with the coronavirus (a.k.a. COVID-19). Below are some links to media outlets where Providence leaders have provided their perspectives on a variety of coronavirus-related topics.
We hope you'll find some helpful and assuring insights below. Stay safe, and wash your hands :)
Providence President & CEO Rod Hochman on hospitals’ preparations for the coronavirus, CNBC
(Also: Becker’s Hospital Review, CNBC)
Providence President & CEO Rod Hochman comments on shortage of materials needed to run coronavirus tests, Business Insider
Providence’s Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips: ‘ghost town’ in Seattle will be ‘challenging but good move,’ CNN
Providence’s Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips on what the coronavirus does to the body, The New York Times
Providence’s Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips: virus ‘unchecked’ in US for ‘several weeks’, Newsmax TV
(Also: New York Post)
Providence St. Joseph Health offers coronavirus lessons from treating ‘patient one’ in the U.S., FierceHealthcare
How the health system that found U.S. coronavirus patient 1 has responded, HealthLeaders Media
Kaiser Permanente, Providence among 2019’s most active digital health investors, Becker’s Hospital Review
Delaying elective procedures at American hospitals has been ‘minimal’ so far as U.S. coronavirus cases rise, MarketWatch
Hospitals brace for coronavirus onslaught, The Hill
How technology guides care and comfort during a health crisis, HealthTech
How U.S. hospitals are preparing for the coronavirus outbreak, The New York Times
The CIO of major health nonprofit Providence St. Joseph Health explains how its digital transformation helped prepare it for the coronavirus pandemic, Business Insider (subscriber content only)
WA-area hospital leader: we haven’t seen any of those 4M COVID-19 test kits the government sent, MedCity News