Certain Hospital Systems Eye a Restart of Elective Procedures Canceled Due to COVID-19
Hospital systems are taking the first steps toward reviving elective procedures that have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but major concerns about safety and patient confidence remain, according to a FierceHealthcare report.
Executives with multiple health systems said they are getting closer to restarting the elective surgical procedures that are so vital to hospitals’ financial bottom line.
But hospitals need to not only get consumers comfortable with even heading to the hospital, but also need to “ensure that we can provide that care safely and still have the adequate supplies to care for the virus,” said Cindy Clemence, chief financial officer of Trinity Health, a nonprofit Catholic health system comprised of 93 hospitals spread across 22 states.