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COVID-19 and telehealth: crisis drives innovation and expands care
Jun 19, 2020
From patient demand to COVID-19 legislative reform, more accessible and efficient healthcare has transitioned from being an added benefit to a necessity. Now more than ever, virtual visits with a ...
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Large art project along Crown Valley Parkway paying homage to first responders, healthcare workers
Jun 15, 2020
In an ongoing effort to recognize the amazing healthcare workers and first responders on the front lines, the City created and installed a large art project along Crown Valley Parkway. This is the ...
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Caregiver trauma
Jun 12, 2020
Post-traumatic stress is something that is felt by health care workers across the board, including Rev. Joseph Choi, a senior chaplain at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, CA. Though the hospital ...
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Manager sews clear masks so hearing-impaired team member can stay connected
Jun 12, 2020
Susan Adams, a hearing-impaired physical therapist at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, talks about her struggling to communicate with her coworkers and patients because she couldn’t lip read ...
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Volunteers in action: Karishma Jessani
Jun 11, 2020
This week, Providence Holy Cross volunteer Karishma Jessani dropped off a collection of lovely handmade thank you cards in support of her colleagues. Karishma started volunteering with PHCMC last year ...
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Hope, prayer and solidarity through the arts
Jun 11, 2020
Our Saint John's Health Center caregivers shared a beautiful moment this week, coming together to use artistic expression to stand in solidarity against racial discrimination and injustice. ...
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Produce Alliance, LLC, and the Nature's Produce Company delivered nutritious boxes to PSJHC caregivers
Jun 11, 2020
By way of Project Produce Box: Nourish Our Frontlines, organizations are able to express gratitude to people keeping the country safe, while keeping the workforce of multiple industries employed. ...
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Doughnuts to show appreciation for St. Mary caregivers
Jun 11, 2020
On Wednesday, June 9, St. Mary Medical Center caregivers received 100 dozen doughnuts. The Inland Empire Health Plan's Director of Community Relations Marci Coffey assisted with ordering and ...
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Caregiver heroes work here
Jun 11, 2020
We are grateful to our hardworking caregivers at Providence TrinityCare Hospice and Palliative Care. This sign went up this week to show our overwhelming support for the compassionate care they give ...
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Volunteers sew thousands of masks for community organizations
Jun 11, 2020
The Snohomish County Mask Brigade is the product of Providence Institute for Healthier Communities ’ COVID-19 resource hub, Give Well Local. Since its inception, the Snohomish County Mask ...
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A generous donation
Jun 11, 2020
Tony Adkins, PA-C secures funds for over 60 iPads and Amazon Kindle Fire tablets for our patients Tony Adkins, PA-C, a Pediatric Neurosurgery Physician Assistant at CHOC, is well known for his dance ...
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Honor Service
Jun 9, 2020
On Tuesday, June 2 nd, the Spiritual Care Department at Little Company of Mary, Torrance, hosted a virtual Service of Remembrance for those who died in the hospital during the last three months of the ...
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Understanding
Jun 8, 2020
In present times, it seems that misunderstandings bring chaos, Our Differences bring chaos and separation. But Sitting in the Silence changes everything. Quieting my mind from the chaos of the world I ...
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White coats for black lives
Jun 5, 2020
Healthcare workers protest in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.
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Covid-19 survival story
Jun 5, 2020
BURBANK, Calif. - He spent 64 days in the hospital, more than half of that time in a coma, and was given a 1% chance of surviving COVID-19. Last week, Gregg Garfield left his Burbank hospital to ...
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Providence in solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Jun 5, 2020
National protests began in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020 following the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, in which Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on his neck 8 minutes and ...
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U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds honor our caregivers with a flyover
Jun 1, 2020
On Friday, May 15, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds organized a flyover to honor first responders on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic including our caregivers. The flyover included a formation of ...
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A COVID-19 patient's Story
Jun 1, 2020
Darrin Godin, a previous Providence employee, found himself fighting for his life against COVID-19 this past March. Listen to the live conversation about his story of survival, and how he credits the ...
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Words matter
Jun 1, 2020
While the pastries look delicious...I'm just not comfortable with this new reopening guidline.
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Some Thoughts for Coping with Grief During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jun 1, 2020
Oh, only for so short a while you have loaned us to each other, because we take form in your act of drawing us, and we take life in your painting us, and we breathe in your singing us. But only for so ...
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Season of hope and rebirth
Jun 1, 2020
A letter of compassion to hospice volunteers from their supervisor sparks a heartfelt response. You can read both letters here. Dear Providence Hospice Volunteers, For many of you connected so ...
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