As the country began to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals started to formulate plans. One of the many challenges providers had to face was… Read more
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Telemedicine at the Ready: Scaling Technology and Training to Meet Systemwide Needs
Due to COVID-19, analysts at Forrester Research revised their predictions for 2020 virtual care in April, suggesting virtual health care interactions are now on pace… Read more
UPMC and Pitt to Participate in COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials
Today, UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh announced that hundreds of people in Western Pennsylvania will have the opportunity to participate in phase III clinical… Read more
UPMC Leaders Provide COVID-19 Update
At a media availability held this morning, Dr. Graham Snyder, medical director of infection prevention, Tami Minnier, chief quality officer, and Dr. Donald Yealy, senior… Read more
UPMC Urges ‘Changing Mindset’ to Focus on Severity of Illness, not Frequency of COVID-19 Infections
As the nation sees an uptick in positive test results for COVID-19, UPMC officials today stressed that the health system is seeing its lowest numbers… Read more