For at least two decades, the CEOs of Duval County's hospitals have gotten together for monthly meetings — occasions to swap notes, share experiences, figure out what works and what doesn’t.
They’re competitors, and they don’t lose sight of that. But that kind of sharing is helpful even in the best of times.
And in the worst of times?
It was, they say, a lifesaver, many times over.
In a Zoom interview with The Times-Union, the CEOs of Jacksonville's hospitals said their regular meetings left their institutions well-equipped to coordinate health care, from early testing to recent vaccinations, as the COVID-19 pandemic struck the area.