Fierce Healthcare October 27, 2020
With COVID-19 cases surging in more than three-quarters of states, and with the flu and winter holiday seasons rapidly approaching, we are growing increasingly alarmed about the potential for the pandemic to overwhelm emergency departments and intensive care units at essential hospitals—the hospitals that serve the uninsured, low-income and minority patients most impacted by the pandemic.
In hopes of preventing a dangerous surge, America’s Essential Hospitals, a national association of more than 300 hospitals with safety net missions, including Valleywise Health in Phoenix and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in San Francisco, is reaching out to speak with one voice directly to the communities we serve.
We are asking residents to resist pandemic fatigue and continue to...