Though the severity of COVID-19 illness at hospitals is lower than last winter's surge, sick staffers and massive demand for testing are causing problems.
Methodist Hospital of Southern California hopes to bring its 348-bed facility into the university-based medical system, which already runs two acute care hospitals, a community hospital and more than 40 outpatient facilities.
Four former employees of Methodist Hospital of Southern California are suing the Arcadia facility, alleging age discrimination and retaliation for complaining about health and safety in the workplace during the coronavirus.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened healthcare consumers concerns about receiving care in a hospital system, according to a new survey conducted by
SwipeSense, the industry s leading patient safety platform. The survey found that 73% of consumers feel concerned or extremely concerned about hospital safety, which represents a 46% increase in their level of concern since the onset of COVID-19.
Even more significantly, the survey found that healthcare consumers overwhelmingly feel that the use of technology to support patient safety initiatives would increase how safe they feel receiving care – with 83% reporting they would feel safer with contact tracing technology in place. Despite this strong patient preference, many hospitals still rely on manual contact tracing for COVID-19 and other infectious outbreaks. But these antiquated methods to determine exposure are time-consuming, often unreliable, and l