Modern Healthcare June 26, 2020
Houston Methodist is in the midst of a massive COVID-19 surge, seeing 50% more patients than at the height of its previous surge in the spring and on track to reach more than double that peak.
“We’re probably heading up to at least two to three times what our initial surge was,” said Roberta Schwartz, Houston Methodist’s executive vice president and chief innovation officer. “We are definitely surging.”
The health system is based in Texas, which is one of more than half of states that are experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases. The state’s governor on Thursday issued an executive order suspending surgeries at hospitals in four counties in an effort to ensure there’s capacity for COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Hospitals are...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor