Episode 59: Hospitals Are Community Pillars During Pandemic

Episode 59: Hospitals Are Community Pillars During Pandemic

Dan Springer, CEO of Lea Regional Medical Center (part of Community Health Systems) in Hobbs, New Mexico, joins Drs. Bob Kaiser and Britt Berrett in this special, supplemental episode. They discuss what LRMC and other hospitals have been doing to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic, the lessons they have learned during the crisis and what their leaders will be doing differently after it is over.

Apr 7, 2020

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