“Us in healthcare, we were all really just very challenged,” said Dr. Franklin. “One of the things we were able to do was provide and make sure that both patients and employees were safe. COVID-19 has been terrible, but one of the really, really good things to come out of it is really pushing forward our telemedicine and our remote monitoring. We’re now moving towards being able to examine patients remotely, like having the virtual stethoscope or the virtual EKG, virtual otoscope and other sort of things for other types of medical subspecialties as well.”
Dr. Franklin went on to explain how the community can get involved with PCH
“We want to be able to provide the best care for all of our patients in any specialty…but we also want to hear from you,” said Dr. Franklin. “Meaning, even as parents, if we’re not doing what we need to do or you guys have suggestions, we are very open. We have a very closely involved Family Advisory Council where we hear feedback from the families to help improve things. Like Tiger Woods used to say ‘if you’re not improving, you’re just standing still.’ So we really want to do that at PCH.”
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