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BETHLEHEM, Pa., April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ St. Luke s is pleased to introduce its new COVID Recovery Clinic, a program dedicated to the treatment of post-COVID-19 patients with lingering symptoms.
St. Luke s recognizes the prevalence of long COVID symptoms and the need to care for patients afflicted by these symptoms appropriately. Incorporating the expertise of a half dozen different kinds of medical specialists, the program promises a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID, known as PASC. Participants will benefit from specialized evaluation and a personalized treatment plan. Many people recovering from COVID continue to have long-lasting symptoms that impact their day-to-day lives. St. Luke s is committed to helping these patients get access to the most appropriate care so they can find relief, said St. Luke s Senior Regional Medical Director Dennis McGorry, MD, who is spearheading the program.
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PA Hospital System Recruits College Students Home on Break in Fight Against COVID
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BETHLEHEM, Pa., Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ St. Luke s University Health Network (SLUHN) has tapped an unexpected, but welcome, labor pool of college students to help remotely monitor hospitalized COVID patients in eight of the Bethlehem-based network s dozen hospitals using revolutionary medical technology.
College students home on winter break help to fight COVID at Pennsylvania-based St. Luke s University Health Network.
Starting Dec. 19, a cadre of virtual monitoring technicians is now stationed 24/7 before digital screens in St. Luke s Virtual Response Center (VRC) in an office building in Allentown a few miles from the nearest hospital. For eight- to 12-hour shifts these twenty-somethings, many who started the job when they were home on Christmas break, watch the vital signs of seriously ill patients sent by the Masimo Patient Safet