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27 PATIENT & CAREGIVER EXPERIENCE 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 top-rated hospital received a 5-star rating. Summit Medical Center (Casper) n Clinicians with COVID-19 say they're pressured to return to work while sick By Mackenzie Bean S ome clinicians who develop COVID-19 say their employers are pressuring them to return to work before they have fully recovered, reported Kaiser Health News. The nonprofit news service reviewed workplace complaints re- ported to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administra- tion this spring, which documented several instances of health- care facilities requiring sick employees to work or threatening to fire them if they stayed home. The pressure for clinicians to return to work not only comes from employers who may be short-staffed during the pan- demic, but also from the industry's deeply ingrained culture of "presenteeism," Kaiser Health News said. Many front-line providers pride themselves on being tough enough to work because there are patients who are sicker, Andra Blomkalns, MD, emergency medicine chair at Stanford (Calif.) University, told the publication. Kaiser Health News spoke with a nurse at Hackensack (N.J.) Me- ridian Health who was diagnosed with COVID-19 in April. The nurse, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, said Hackensack told her she could return to work in two days because she did not have a fever. While the system ultimately allowed her to isolate for two weeks — as instructed by a physician — hospital employees still called her daily, saying that her colleagues were short-staffed and "suffering," the nurse claims. In a statement to Kaiser Health News, Hackensack spokesperson Mary Jo Layton said the health system "has followed the CDC recommendations as it relates to the evaluation, testing and clear- ance of team members following infection with COVID-19." n 6 ways hospitals, clinics can help patients feel safe when seeking care By Anuja Vaidya M ost patients said that knowing a healthcare facility was following proper infection con- trol protocols would help them feel safe when seeking care, a survey conducted by Vander- bilt University Medical Center found. The Nashville, Tenn.-based medical center surveyed 1,331 of its patients in early May. They published the survey findings in NEJM Catalyst. More than half (55 percent) of survey respondents said they were delaying routine healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. About 48 percent said that the primary reason for delaying care was anxi- ety about getting infected with the new coronavirus. Here are six safety precautions that respondents said would make them feel most safe should they require care at a hospital or outpatient clinic: • Follow proper infection control protocols: 75 percent • Have waiting room precautions in place: 74 percent • Screen clinic providers and staff for symptoms of COVID-19: 68 percent • Offer patients face masks: 64 percent • Screen other patients and visitors for symptoms of COVID-19: 61 percent • Screen me for symptoms of COVID-19: 47 percent n