Embracing the COVID-19 Disruption
Leading the COVID-19 Evolution of Healthcare Delivery
The coronavirus pandemic has transformed healthcare overnight. Front-line healthcare providers have risen to the challenge across the nation, facing this crisis with courage. Now, as we move from the acute to the chronic phase of the pandemic, care delivery must embody this resilience on a hospital and health system level.
“The opportunity has never been more significant to innovate care delivery for the lasting benefit of patients everywhere.”
Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA, CEO
With a model driven by physician leadership and engagement, Vituity has been in a unique position to lead the management of this epidemic in hospitals across the nation. Our nimble, innovative culture allows us to rapidly deploy clinical innovations that deliver and expand care in new ways.
Throughout this national crisis, Vituity has partnered with healthcare leaders, government agencies, and other organizations to launch innovative solutions and equip teams with the tools needed to manage this epidemic.
Managing Capacity: From Empty Hospitals to Surges
Upending some of the basic tenets of healthcare delivery, the coronavirus pandemic has completely changed clinical operations, particularly in the acute care setting. With experience at over 400 practices across the United States – including deploying to the epicenter of the epidemic in New York City – Vituity clinicians have developed recommendations and tools to prepare for the rapidly changing needs of acute care providers.
Defining the Future of Healthcare
Care delivery advanced at lightning speed in the first few months of the pandemic. Many of these changes are here to stay, from the rapid adoption of telehealth to the changing relationship between patients and providers. Leaders are using this time of disruption as a catalyst to transform our healthcare delivery system to better serve patients for the future.
Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth
Clinicians, healthcare workers, and healthcare organizations will be coping with the emotional fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic for years to come. Vituity is leading the conversation of how to support and enable personal resilience and growth during the pandemic.
Vituity Experts in the News
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NEW July 21, 2020-CA coronavirus spike reminiscent of NY outbreak.
On Yahoo! Finance news, Chi Perlroth, MD, draws parallels from her experience volunteering to fight COVID-19 in NYC, and the current spikes in California. -
NEW July 17, 2020-Cases, Deaths, Hospitalizations: How to Make Sense of COVID-19 Stats.
Gregg Miller, MD, provides his expert assessment of how to use data to decrease the spread. -
NEW July 17, 2020-Surviving COVID Brings Renewed Meaning to the Practice of a Hospitalist Leader.
Swati Mehta, MD, writes for SHM how one medical director’s experience surviving COVID-19 renewed his passion for being a hospitalist leader. -
July 14, 2020-Doctors in states with rising COVID-19 cases share their fears: "Is this the tipping point?"
Tom Sugarman, MD, who deployed to New York City in April, shares his experience preparing for the surge and treating COVID-19 patients with CBS News. -
NEW July 11, 2020-These California doctors flew to New York to fight COVID-19. Here's what they learned.
Hartwell Lin, MD, and Stephanie Loe, MD, tell CNN about their experience deploying to NYC and managing surges back home in California. -
July 9, 2020-How has treatment of COVID-19 patients improved since the start of the pandemic?
Assistant Medical Director, Troy Pennington, DO, explains advances in the treatment of COVID-19 patients to ABC 7. -
July 1, 2020-Local ER doctor’s perfectly healthy wife battled COVID-19.
Assistant Medical Director, Troy Pennington, DO, tells his family’s story of COVID-19 to Fox 11 Los Angeles. -
NEW June 30, 2020-We Can’t Forget Psychiatric Hospitals During the COVID-19 Outbreak.
VP of Acute Psychiatry, Scott Zeller, MD, tells Healthline about the increased interest in EmPATH units during the pandemic. -
June 27, 2020-Black Doctors Say Pandemic Reveals Enduring Racial Inequity Medicine Alone Cannot Fix
Vituity’s William Strudwick, MD, shares his perspective with NPR on how the pandemic has surfaced racial inequity in healthcare. -
June 26, 2020-Coronavirus hospitalizations spiking in San Bernadino County
Assistant Medical Director Troy Pennington, DO, provides an update on the pandemic during the San Bernardino County briefing. -
June 24, 2020-Doctor Who Survived COVID-19 Is Denied Opportunity To Donate Plasma Because He Is Gay
Dillon Barron, MD, speaks to CBS Chicago about his experience recovering from coronavirus and being denied from donating his antibody-rich plasma. -
June 24, 2020-Addressing Gaps in the Behavioral Health Care System
Scott Zeller, MD, joins The Collective Conscious podcast to discuss the impact of the pandemic on behavioral healthcare. -
June 16, 2020-There's a lot of misinformation about COVID-19 out there. Here are doctors' ideas on how to 'fight back'
Gregg Miller, MD, speaks with Fierce Healthcare about combating patients’ theories with evidence-based messages. -
June 9, 2020-Small victories on the night shift
Vituity’s Swati Mehta, MD, FACP, shares her personal story as a hospital medicine physician fighting for every patient during the pandemic. -
May 31, 2020-Bay Area doctor volunteers at New York hospital overwhelmed by coronavirus
Tom Sugarman, MD, speaks with Mercury News about his experience working in New York City hospitals. -
May 20, 2020-The Great Unmasking: How a Resilient Culture Drives Creative Innovation
Vituity Chief Growth Officer, Denise Brown, MD, shares how physician leadership and ownership has been imperative to Vituity’s ability to navigate the pandemic. -
May 19, 2020-What Doctors From California Are Learning By Going To New York City To Help
Tom Sugarman, MD, shares the Vituity team’s experience working in New York City hospitals with RadioMD. -
May 14, 2020-‘This is the Future of Medicine’
Vituity Hospitalist, Gurvinder Kaur, MD, speaks to KSEE 24 about launching a virtual hospital program in California’s Central Valley. -
May 6, 2020-Don't expect return to pre-COVID-19 business before vaccine, herd immunity
Gregg Miller, MD, shares insights on what’s to come for health systems during a Fierce Healthcare Webinar. -
April 27, 2020-What Black Doctors And Nurses Want You To Know About COVID-19
Vituity Vice President, Savoy Brummer, MD, is interviewed by Essence about his insights from the front lines, including the higher incidence of respiratory failure among Black patients. -
April 26, 2020-Riverside ER Doctor Assisting With Coronavirus Response In New York City
Sam Zidovetzk, MD, speaks with CBS Los Angeles about why he chose to join the Vituity delegation working in New York City hospitals. -
April 25, 2020-Vituity Physician Partners join NYC in their fight against COVID19
California Governor Newsom recognized a special group of dedicated physicians who are always willing to rise to the occasion and help those in need. -
April 24, 2020-Arrowhead Regional Medical Center physician heads to New York City
Louis Tran, MD, speaks to Inland Empire Community News about the Vituity delegation working in New York City. -
April 21, 2020-Sacramento emergency room doctor 'feeling good' about response to coronavirus pandemic
Vituity’s Nicole Braxley, MD, provides an update to ABC10 on preparedness and community support during COVID-19. -
April 21, 2020-COVID-19 may permanently alter the telehealth landscape, from reimbursement to utilization
Gregg Miller, MD, tells Healthcare Finance how telehealth is being implemented in acute care settings across the country. -
April 19, 2020-Inside the Terrifying World of Psychiatric Emergency Rooms During COVID-19
Vituity’s Scott Zeller, MD, is interviewed by The Mighty on the impact of COVID-19 on crisis mental healthcare, including his work with hospitals to add new capacity. -
April 18, 2020-A Message from Madera Community Hospital, its physicians, and staff
One hospital shares their preparations for COVID-19 with the Madera Tribune, including new support from Vituity in the emergency department. -
April 14, 2020-Coronavirus sparks dramatic decline in overall ER visits
Vituity Medical Directors across Orange County share insights on preparedness and impact of the pandemic on local hospitals. -
April 8, 2020-ERs have been quiet during COVID-19. What happens when the patients come back?
Gregg Miller, MD, shares insights with Fierce Healthcare on the decreased volume of patients in the emergency department. -
April 7, 2020-Anything can be COVID-19: As pandemic grinds on, doctors find early definitions of disease were too narrow
Gregg Miller, MD, recounts shifts in the way physicians have adapted their practices as COVID-19 becomes better understood to the National Post. -
April 7, 2020-Head of Palomar Health's ERs describes major changes amid virus
Allan Hansen, MD, Vituity Medical Director, shares preparations undertaken at his hospital. -
April 2, 2020-Staying Healthy: An interview from COVID-19 front lines with Dr. Tom Sugarman
Vituity’s Tom Sugarman, MD, answers questions about the pandemic during a live Q&A. -
April 2, 2020-Chicago ER doctor on COVID-19 outbreak
Vituity’s Scott Samlan, MD, talks about the experience of caring for patients on the front lines in Chicago. -
March 31, 2020-Chicago community members, businesses build intubation boxes
Medical Director, Masood Zaman, MD, speaks to ABC Chicago about intubation boxes. -
March 30, 2020-FierceHealthcare Webinar on physician/provider preparedness
Gregg Miller, MD, Chief Medical Officer, offered insights on preparing for a coronavirus outbreak within your facility. -
March 25, 2020-COVID-19 in Seattle-Early Lessons Learned
Peer reviewed article by Dr. Miller in Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians. -
March 25, 2020-On The Frontlines of COVID-19 at Mount Sinai Hospital
Medical Director, Jaime Moreno, MD, speaks to NBC Chicago about the experience and preparations at his hospital. -
March 25, 2020-How hospitalists are preparing for—or fighting—coronavirus
Surinder Yadav, MD, MBA, speaks to Today's Hospitalist about staffing needs, PPE and telehealth options for hospitalist practices. -
March 19, 2020-Coronavirus: Counties seek help of retired doctors, Silicon Valley innovators
Vituity’s Denise Brown, MD, speaks to The Mercury News about the imperative for fellow acting physicians and other working medical professionals to help overwhelmed provider teams. -
March 18, 2020-A tale of two hospitals amid COVID-19
Dr. Miller and Vituity's Blake McKinney, MD, share experiences from Seattle and Sacramento area emergency departments with MedCity News. -
March 17, 2020-Idaho doctor says physicians learning from each other to battle COVID-19
Vituity's Heather Hammerstedt, MD, speaks with NBC News about the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). -
March 14, 2020-Coronavirus Daily Briefing podcast
Dr. Miller is interviewed about the experience in Seattle, WA and the expected trajectory of the epidemic. -
March 2, 2020-Experts urge surge plan discussions as coronavirus begins spread in U.S.
Dr. Miller is interviewed by FierceHealthcare about hospital preparedness. -
February 2, 2020-With a plane of passengers inbound from Wuhan, a county health team springs into action
Mike Mesisca, DO, ED Medical Director, is interviewed by the Center for Health Journalism about caring for quarantined patients at March Air Reserve Base.
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For nearly 50 years, Vituity has been a catalyst for positive change in healthcare. As a physician-led and -owned multispecialty partnership, our 4,200 doctors and clinicians care for 6.5 million patients each year across 400 practice locations and nine acute care specialties.