EvergreenHealth -- "America's COVID Hospital"

EvergreenHealth / Seattle Times

EvergreenHealth's website...

"On February 28, 2020, EvergreenHealth's Kirkland campus became the first hospital in the U.S. to respond to the first known cases of community spread of COVID-19, marking the beginning of the global pandemic in the U.S. Given that we had been actively engaged in disaster readiness planning for many years prior to the pandemic, our hospital system was ready to face the challenge."  

Read more about EvergreenHealth's response to the COVID-19 pandemic:

• The New York Times: A Rare Look Inside the Hospital Where 15 Coronavirus Patients Have Died
• The Seattle Times: Kirkland's EvergreenHealth, where coronavirus outbreak was first identified in February, gets first vaccinations
• American Medical Association: How EvergreenHealth, in early U.S. hot spot, responded to COVID-19
• NPR: U.S. Hospitals Prepare For A COVID-19 Wave
• The Hospitalist: At U.S. Ground Zero for coronavirus, a hospital is transformed
• The Washington Post: Where coronavirus outbreak started in Washington state, officials see hope as cases appear to be leveling off
• The New York Times: On the Front Lines of a Pandemic, 'I Love You' Can Mean 'Goodbye'
• The New York Times: The Time for "The Talk" Is Now
• 425 Magazine: The Importance of Masking Continues
• The Hospital Leader: Don't Bury the Stories in the Pandemic Ashes
• The Seattle Times: Ailing Everett couple gambles on drug trial for COVID-19 cure
• KIRO-TV: Couple in their 70s recovers from COVID after being part of clinical trial
• KOMO-TV: Kirkland's EvergreenHealth advances with COVID-19 treatment trial
• The Wall Street Journal: In Washington, Why the Predicted Coronavirus Surge Hasn't Hit
• Frontline: Covering Coronavirus: A Tale of Two Washingtons
• The New Yorker: Seattle's Leaders Let Scientists Take The Lead. New York's Did Not
• CNN: Once the coronavirus 'epicenter,' this American city reversed course
• The New York Times: He Was a Doctor Who Never Got Sick. Then the Coronavirus Nearly Killed Him.
• The Seattle Times: EvergreenHealth doctor opens up about 'brush with death,' recovery after coronavirus
• ESPN: From the fields of play to the front lines of COVID-19
• KIRO-TV: Washington hospitals urge people not to delay care because of COVID-19 concerns
• City Lifestyle: EvergreenHealth: Continuing Your Care. Ever Resilient. Together.
• NPR: Patients Dying Fast, And Far From Family, Challenge Practice of Palliative Care
• 425 Magazine: EvergreenHealth Facilities Manager Honored for Dedication During COVID-19
• KOMO-TV: Nearly six months since first reported COVID-19 death in the country
• The Seattle Times: Monoclonal antibodies could fill the COVID-19 treatment gap until vaccines arrive — but at a cost
• Puget Sound Business Journal: Top concern for health care leaders amid ongoing pandemic: the mental health of their employees
• The New York Times: 'Totally Under Control' Review: In the Middle of a Pandemic Response
• The Atlantic: The COVID-19 Documentary All Americans Need to See
• Today's Hospitalist: Maintaining your mental health during covid
• The Seattle Times: Kirkland's EvergreenHealth, where coronavirus outbreak was first identified in February, gets first vaccinations
• Puget Sound Business Journal: Seattle hospitals begin administering Pfizer, Moderna vaccines to staff
• KIRO-TV: First vaccines at EvergreenHealth
• The Washington Post: Washington hospital at forefront of coronavirus fight gets first vaccines
• GeekWire: A view from the front lines: COVID-19's lasting impact on the technology and science of healthcare

Since Covid, turnover within the hospital's Board of Commissioners is notable.  Four of the seven commissioners have departed.  Minerva Butler resigned, Tim McLoughlin retired, David Edwards won a Woodinville city council Seat, and President Al DeYoung retired after 40 years. by