Modern Healthcare August 8, 2020
On a Thursday morning early in the pandemic, Providence Senior Vice President and Chief Value Officer Jennifer Bayersdorfer and her team met with officials at Kaas Tailored to craft a way to work with the Mukilteo, Wash.-based upholstery manufacturer on personal protective equipment. By noon, Kaas had a basic face shield prototype on the production line.
The Seattle area was one of the first in the U.S. to be hit by the novel coronavirus, and Providence’s supply of PPE in hospitals caring for COVID-19 patients was at “critically low levels.” The medical supply chain relies heavily on China, where the virus originated, and was unable to keep pace with skyrocketing global demand.
“We knew that there was this demand that...
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