American Hospital Association July 13, 2020
Melinda L. Estes, M.D.

The sight of families re-emerging to gather at community playgrounds and pools brings mixed emotions. While it’s gratifying to see people enjoying themselves again, it’s also clear that COVID-19 is not in the rearview mirror, as spiking infection rates in many states demonstrate.

Care providers know better than anyone that our work to battle the virus continues. And, in many cases, it gets harder now. Because as America strives to move on from the pandemic, it’s up to us to figure out what the essential service of health care looks like in a post-COVID-19 world. That’s a responsibility we cannot take lightly.

At the start of the pandemic, we all made difficult but necessary adjustments: canceling procedures and restricting visitors,...

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