House calls for the 21st century Liz Durkin Slusarczk, a licensed clinical social worker at Northwest Catholic Counseling, uses basic Zoom technology to talk with clients. She and other health care providers at NWCC expect to continue to use video counseling with patients who prefer it. (Courtesy NWCC) 5/11/2021 11:53 AM
select Erin Peters • • • Telehealth, which zoomed into people’s homes during the pandemic, is probably here to stay.
Like other physicians, therapists and nurses across the country Providence health care providers were surprised by how much patients liked meeting with their providers via a screen from their own homes.
“I think what we learned is how far we can go with providing care this way,” says Dr. Linda Cruz, chief medical officer for Providence Medical Group in Oregon.
Student nurses stepped up during pandemic
They adjusted to hybrid learning and then became part of the nationâs historic vaccination effort Thursday, April 29, 2021 10:11 AM Katherine Lund, a junior at the University of Portland School of Nursing, tends her station at the Oregon Convention Center vaccination clinic in March. âSome patients have cried,â said Lund. âSome because it hurt, some so happy that the worry is ending, others so happy to see their grandkids again.â (Courtesy Katherine Lund) Gonzaga University senior nursing student Tayler Chin speaks with a patient before giving a COVID-19 vaccination on March 2. (Chiana McInelly/Gonzaga University)