As an institution, medicine moves slowly. But the novel coronavirus pandemic forced every hospital to escalate long-planned changes from some time to right now. As the crisis ebbs, industry leaders in the Cincinnati region and the state say much of that change will stick.
“If we just go back to the way it was before, and reimplement all the problems we had, that would be foolish,” said Craig Brammer, president and chief executive officer of the Health Collaborative, the regional health conference board. “The pandemic presented an opportunity to make some structural changes that wouldn’t have happened at all, or at least not for a long time.”
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