Physicians and Nurses: Uniting on the Front Lines | Blog | American College of Healthcare Executives
By Timothy M. Carrigan, PhD, RN, FACHE Despite the turbulence we’ve seen in 2020, healthcare professionals have met the challenges presented by the pandemic with perseverance, innovation and empathy. Direct care clinicians have come together to handle unprecedented surges of sick patients and to devise resourceful care delivery solutions. Like many hospitals and health systems across the globe, Loyola University Medical Center began to see an influx of patients requiring inpatient care for COVID-19 in mid-March of 2020. The organization had to act fast to dedicate numerous units to the excl...