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TeamHealth clinicians nationwide have led with their shoulders since vaccine distribution began in December of 2020. As we close our look back at a year of COVID, we share their hope this pandemic will soon be under control and that better days are ahead.
As we pass the one-year mark since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Dr. Joe Chow, TeamHealth President of Ambulatory Care and Medical Director of AccessNurse, reflects on critical lessons learned and discusses how the pandemic may impact the future. Photo credit: Nicole DeLoach Hubbard
“I have been blown away by the resourcefulness of our clinicians and leaders, innovating out of necessity,” says Jody Crane, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer. See how Tampa General Hospital took innovation to another level during the surge of the pandemic in the city and beyond here.
In post-acute care, clinicians provide support for the sickest of the sick and the frailest of the frail. When COVID-19 attacked this segment of the population, the challenge to provide quality care while mitigating exposure risk was one Dr. Jamie Freelin, Regional Medical Director, Post-Acute Care and her team accepted without hesitation.
Today we recognize the vital role locum tenens physicians have in the fight against COVID-19. In the midst of the relentless pandemic surge, a New York City-based health system was forced to create an emergency field hospital to meet the patient care needs of a population decimated by COVID-19. TeamHealth’s locum tenens company, D&Y, was ready to assist in the critical task of quickly mobilizing a qualified medical staff to serve on the pandemic’s front line. D&Y has been able to rapidly recruit, credential and relocate a response team of over 100 providers who have delivered over 41,000 hours of clinical patient care since the beginning of the pandemic. D&Y has been able to effectively flex coverage based on patient demand, ensuring responsible and appropriate coverage with both patient safety and fiscal responsibility in mind. Based on our response to this crisis, D&Y has continued to support this health system throughout the unceasing waves of the virus in the city.
Last spring, the anesthesia team at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Queens was in the epicenter of the COVID-19 surge. They found innovation, adaptability, and sheer determination to be their best weapons against an unfamiliar adversary. Read their story here.
National Resident #MatchDay is March 19, and TeamHealth wants to celebrate #residents! We know so many of you are excited to find out where you’ll complete your residency training and we want to share in that excitement. Read today’s blog to find out how!
As the third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak hit El Paso, Texas, pushing hospitals past capacity, TeamHealth rapidly deployed a significant number of additional clinicians to aid in the response. In 48 hours, we mobilized and sent more than two dozen clinicians to El Paso from neighboring communities and states. See the details of the full response here.
As the COVID-19 crisis unfolded in cities nationwide, it impacted nearly all of our clinical teams in approximately 700 partner facilities. TeamHealth clinicians fought for patients to ensure they received life-saving care while we stood behind them to guarantee they had the resources needed to wage an unprecedented battle against an unknown adversary. As they continue their life-saving work, we continue to support them by all means necessary. We stand firmly behind them to provide the resources and tools they need to ultimately be the healthcare heroes who defeat one of the deadliest viruses in modern history. Read more.
“There were a lot of unknowns and a lot of fear… one of the things we have to do is suppress that fear and build a system and figure out how to get the job done safely. Which is what we did.” Randy S. Katz, DO, Facility Medical Director, and his team in South Florida worked with hospital leadership to face the challenge of creating a plan to address an unrelenting surge of COVID-19 patients. See the full story here.
