As frightening as the news is right now - it will pass. Our healthcare industry will be smarter and stronger from what we are learning today from this crisis. On the other side of this nightmare our hospitals will be more focused on greater healthcare challenges such as intensive care, organ transplants, and acute care management. Surgery centers will rapidly expand and multiply as we realize that elective and routine outpatient surgery does not belong in acute care facilities.
More individuals will choose healthcare as a profession, impressed by the inspiration of our first responders, our nurses, our physicians, our intake personnel. Our healthcare supply chains will not be dependent upon countries outside of the US to maintain adequate par levels of needed supplies. Our strength shall come from within. Thank everyone of you for the job you are doing! It may get darker before the light - but the light will come...
Stephen Earnhart is the author of this blog post. He sits on the One Medical Passport board and represents Earnhart & Associates. Earnhart & Associates is a consulting firm specializing in all aspects of outpatient surgery development and management. They can be reached at their mailing address at 5114 Balcones Woods Drive, Suite 307-203, Austin, TX 78759
