Interventional Pulmonary Achieves New Standard for COVID-19 Patients
September 1, 2020 | 4 min. to read

​The NMH team develops a new protocol for performing tracheostomies that enhances patient safety, reduces risk of staff exposure, and has been adopted by hospitals across the country.

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Critical Care Collaboration Crucial to NMH Response
​August 20, 2020 | 4 min. to read

Drawing on crisis-preparedness principles, physician leaders of five critical care divisions combine their resources to create an ICU staffing plan to meet even the worst-case scenario for COVID-19.

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​Collaboration Brings Virtual ICUs to Huntley and McHenry
July 28, 2020 | 4 min. to read

The installation of telehealth systems in the Northwest Region ICUs allows care teams to more easily tap into resources across Northwestern Medicine.​

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Anesthesiologists Answer Call for Intensivist Care
July 6, 2020 | 2 min. to read

In a practice begun during the COVID-19 response, anesthesiologists in the Northwest Region have been providing overnight intensivist coverage on site in the ICUs at McHenry Hospital and Huntley Hospital through the Northwestern Medicine Labor Pool.​

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RMG Podiatrist Provides Physically Distant Communication
​July 6, 2020 | 2 min. to read

​When COVID-19 precautions limit in-room interactions, Podiatrist Eveline F. Tan, DPM, adapts her method of communicating with family members.

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More Heroes for Better

Anthony F. Altimari, MD, and RMG Colleagues
Critical Care Fellows Ashley Budd, MD, Jennifer Denk, MD, Kara Joseph, MD, Joseph Sun, MD
Micah J. Eimer, MD, and the Care Team at Glenview Outpatient Center​
Dina Elrashidy, MD
​​Khalilah Gates, MD
​Eric D. Gausche, MD, Brandon S. Hamm, MD, Gabriel Heiber, MD, Lisa J. Rosenthal, MD
Matthew Kippenhan, MD, and the NMH Emergency Department team​
Gayle Kricke, PhD, MSW, Jeffrey Linder, MD, PhD, and the Patient Monitoring Program
Eric S. Hungness, MD
​Randy P. Orr, MD, and the Rehabilitative Services Team at Lake Forest Hospital
Slideshow: Honoring Our Heroes