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133 FINANCE CMO / CARE DELIVERY Houston Physicians' Hospital (Webster) Wilbarger General Hospital (Vernon) Hill Country Memorial Hospital (Fredericksburg) Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown (Dallas) Baylor Scott and White Surgical Hospital (Fort Worth) Baylor Scott and White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital (Tyler) Baylor Scott and White Surgical Hospital at Sherman Baylor Scott and White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital (Arlington) UT Health East Texas Pittsburg Hospital UT Health East Texas Quitman Hospital Covenant Hospital (Levelland) Coryell Memorial Healthcare System (Gatesville) South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital (San Antonio) Quail Creek Surgical Hospital (Amarillo) Sugar Land Surgical Hospital Texas Orthopedic Hospital (Houston) e Heart Hospital Baylor Denton e Physicians Centre Hospital (Bryan) Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital (Southlake) Texas Health Center for Diagnostics & Surgery (Plano) Texas Institute For Surgery at Presbyterian Hospital (Dallas) Hamilton General Hospital Methodist McKinney Hospital Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio Comanche County Medical Center (Comanche) North Central Surgical Center (Dallas) Utah e top-rated hospital received a 5-star rating Heber Valley Hospital (Heber City) Virginia e top-rated hospital received a 5-star rating Smyth County Community Hospital (Marion) Vermont All hospitals received 5-star ratings Mt. Ascutney Hospital (Windsor) Copley Hospital (Morrisville) Washington All hospitals received 5-star ratings Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital (Seattle) Pullman Regional Hospital Wisconsin All hospitals received 5-star ratings Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Franklin) Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County (Darlington) Memorial Medical Center (Ashland) Black River Memorial Hospital (Black River Falls) SSM Health St. Clare Hospital (Baraboo) Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale) Madison VA Medical Center Sauk Prairie Hospital (Prairie Du Sac) Richland Hospital (Richland Center) Southwest Health Center (Platteville) Stoughton Hospital River Falls Area Hospital Ladd Memorial Hospital (Osceola) Ministry Door County Medical Center (Sturgeon Bay) Bay Area Medical Center (Marinette) Upland Hills Health (Dodgeville) Vernon Memorial Hospital (Viroqua) Oakleaf Surgical Hospital (Altoona) Grant Regional Health Center (Lancaster) St. Croix Regional Medical Center (St. Croix Falls) Columbus Community Hospital Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center (Prairie Du Chien) Westfields Hospital and Clinic (New Richmond) West Virginia All hospitals received 5-star ratings Grant Memorial Hospital (Petersburg) Charleston Surgical Hospital Boone Memorial Hospital (Madison) Beckley VA Medical Center (Beckley) Wyoming e hospital received a 5-star rating Summit Medical Center (Casper) n FDA grants emergency approval for convalescent plasma as COVID-19 treatment By Maia Anderson T he FDA granted emergency authorization Aug. 23 for the use of convalescent plasma as a COVID-19 treatment. Convalescent plasma is collected from people who have recovered from COVID-19 and contains antibodies that may treat people infected with the virus. The FDA's emergency authorization allows it to be used in hospitalized patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. The agency said that based on clinical trials, the known and potential benefits of convalescent plas- ma outweigh the known and potential risks. "We're encouraged by the early promising data that we've seen about convalescent plasma. The data from studies conducted this year shows that plasma from patients who've recovered from COVID-19 has the potential to help treat those who are suffering from the effects of get- ting this terrible virus," said FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD. "At the same time, we will continue to work with researchers to continue randomized clinical trials to study the safety and effectiveness of convalescent plasma in treating patients infected with the novel coronavirus." The FDA said convalescent plasma may be effective in lessening the severity or shortening the length of COVID-19 in some hospitalized patients. But continuing clinical trials is critical to definitively determine if it is safe and effective, the agency said. HHS Secretary Alex Azar encouraged people who have recovered from COVID-19 to consider donating conva- lescent plasma. More than 70,000 patients have been treated with plas- ma, the FDA said. Possible side effects of COVID-19 con- valescent plasma treatment include allergic reactions, transfusion-associated circulatory overload and transfu- sion-associated lung injury, as well as the potential for transfusion-transmitted infections. n