Search Keyword: Clear Filters Hear Me Now podcast - Healthcare politics Sean Collins, Julie Rovner, & Ali Santore Ali Santore and Julie Rovner join us for a conversation about the opportunities and challenges members of the new Biden administration face as they work to keep campaign promises, deal the nation’s response to a deadly pandemic, and advance access to care for underserved populations in what is now a four trillion-dollar business in America Nominally, the Democrats have an advantage in Congress, but it’s only with a razor-thin margin in the Senate that will necessitate cooperation across both the aisle and within the party itself. That suggests a return to more deliberative processes on Capitol Hill and less drama. Hear Me Now podcast - Healthcare realities Sean Collins, Dr. Zahra Esmail, & Christina Rothans Two frontline caregivers describe the realities of working in a hospital in LA County during the most recent surge in COVID-19 patients. The death toll has been unprecedented. Against a backdrop of COVID-19 denialism and super-spreader events, Dr. Zahra Esmail and social worker Christina Rothans have been treating a recent surge of patients with their colleagues in the South Bay of Los Angeles. The two serve on one of the in-house palliative care teams at the Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, Calif. They are responsible for the care of the very sickest patients. The hospital's census of COVID-19-positive patients has climbed steadily for the past two months to heretofore unseen levels. All of the COVID-19 patients have been isolated from their families and many, despite the best efforts of their caregivers, have succumbed to the ravages of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. And despite bracing for what they knew was coming, neither Dr. Esmail nor Ms. Rothans felt fully prepared for the scale of loss they have experienced this winter in LA County. Hear Me Now podcast - Staffing a pandemic Sean Collins Call them Unsung Heroes, call them Essential Workers, today we talk with some of the people whose mission-critical work keeps our hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health care open during a pandemic. Episode Notes Last spring, Cylix Shane and some other engineers, using off-the-shelf parts, built a prototype emergency ventilator that could be readily-deployed during the pandemic. “We have some rural hospitals that wouldn’t have access to ventilators if they had a surge in patients, so we wanted to be able to allow them to configure one rapidly using parts they could get locally.” Total cost: about $250. WATCH VENTILATOR VIDEO Cylix Shane Design & Construction Manager Providence St. Joseph Health Spokane, Wash. Heather Martin leads a team of 14 medical librarians who support the work of Providence caregivers in seven states. She says that 75% of her work this past year has been staying on top of research focused on the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the treatment of COVID-19. On average, she sees around 1,200 to 1,500 peer-reviewer articles each week, which she prioritizes and passes on to Providence clinicians. “They can do their own research and find evidence, but I’d much rather my doctor was spending time reading the article rather than spending time in a database when they have librarians to do that.” Heather Martin Director System Library Services Providence Astoria, Ore. Donell Grayer is sous chef at Providence Marionwood, a skilled nursing Hear Me Now podcast - First patient Sean Collins, Robin Addison, & Andrea "Andi" Leighty In January 2020 a man was admitted to the Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash. and became the first COVID+ patient in the United States. We talk with two of his nurses about his care and the value of being prepared. Also: to mark the end of Black History Month, we listen to an excerpt from a powerful conversation we first brought you in June 2020, "I see you. I hear you. And I ache for you." 4 Result(s) Page 1 of 1 Share Your Story