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Early in the pandemic, many hospitals, especially in the hard-hit Northeast, created dedicated and ongoing care for COVID-19 patients with lingering symptoms.
Now, as vaccination rates increase and new infections decline, some facilities are looking to wind down their post-COVID care centers. When they re no longer needed, that would signal success. And it s important for hospitals to get back to their usual business.
At the same time, other facilities are turning their attention to different areas of longer-term care, such as dedicated spaces to monitor the after-effects of infection in children.
Regardless, hospitals continue to monitor current needs.
Edison resident named medical director of Atlantic Health Systemâs Heart Success program
Edison resident named medical director of Atlantic Health Systemâs Heart Success program ×
Atlantic Health System announced that Abhishek Singh, MD, PhD, has been named medical director of Atlantic Health Systemâs Heart Success program, which cares for patients with advanced heart failure.
Singh, a longtime Edison resident, is triple board-certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.
âAs one of the nationâs leading cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery programs, we take great pride in being able to offer our patients the most advanced, subspecialized evidence-based care,â Linda D. Gillam, MD, MPH, MACC, Dorothy and Lloyd Huck Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and medical director, Cardiovascular Service Line, Morristown Medical Center/Atlantic Health System, said in a prepared statement.
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