The Northwell Health system allowed filmmakers to make documentaries following its doctors, nurses and patients. It went so well, the hospital is starting a studio to make its own. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Northwell Health”
Covid Almost Broke This Hospital. It Also Might Be What Saves It.
For decades, smaller “safety net” hospitals like Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, in Brooklyn, have been losing money and are under pressure to close. But the pandemic has shown just how needed they are. Source: New York Times
New Yorkers Drop Their Covid Vigilance as a BA.5 Wave Hits
Once among the most vigilant, New Yorkers respond to a highly transmissible new wave of Covid cases with the most New York of attitudes. Source: New York Times
Two Years Later, New York City’s Lessons from the Pandemic
The city was slow to react, and the vaccine rollout was flawed. Poor neighborhoods still need help. But shutdowns and mandates saved lives. Source: New York Times
Northwell Health Fires 1,400 Unvaccinated Employees
Northwell Health, which employs 76,000 people, says ensuring that all staff are vaccinated will help improve care. Source: New York Times
New York Hospitals Face Possible Mass Firings as Workers Spurn Vaccines
With a Monday deadline looming, thousands of health care workers in the state are risking their jobs by not getting a coronavirus vaccine. Source: New York Times
A Hospital Finds an Unlikely Group Opposing Vaccination: Its Workers
When a Staten Island hospital implemented a vaccine or testing mandate, some of its staff staged angry protests. Source: New York Times
Here’s Who Is Hospitalized for Covid in New York City as Cases Rise
People with compromised immune systems and the unvaccinated make up a high percentage of patients who end up in the hospital. Source: New York Times
How to Vaccinate Homebound Seniors? Take the Shots to Them.
Millions of older Americans, chronically ill and trapped at home, pose a big challenge to inoculation efforts. Doctors are on it. Source: New York Times
One Hospital System Sued 2,500 Patients After Pandemic Hit
The largest health system in New York, led by a close ally of the governor, continues to sue over medical debt during the Covid-19 crisis, even after other big hospitals suspended lawsuits. Source: New York Times
The Vaccine Arrived in a 63-Pound Box, Packed in Dry Ice
Inside the race to give the first shots: Hospitals around the country scrambled after waiting months for the coronavirus vaccine. Source: New York Times
Inside the Race to Offer the First Vaccinations in the United States
Hospitals around the country scrambled to administer the first shots after waiting months for the coronavirus vaccine. Source: New York Times
Sandra Lindsay, the First to Be Vaccinated, Hopes to Persuade Skeptics
Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at a Queens hospital, was the first person in the United States to be vaccinated. She wanted to “inspire people who look like me.” Source: New York Times
A Covid-19 Lesson: Some Seriously Ill Patients Can Be Treated at Home
To ease pressure on hospitals, Northwell Health brought medical workers, oxygen tanks and intravenous equipment into patients’ homes. Now Florida is taking cues. Source: New York Times
Black and Latino Churches Offer Prayers, Hope and Coronavirus Testing
A public health program takes free tests and fellowship to communities in New York that have been devastated by Covid-19. Source: New York Times