Francine Francis
Francine Francis
certainly challenge community manage needs ourselves serve
It's a challenge to manage it appropriately. We want to manage ourselves as efficiently as we can to serve the needs of the community and it can become a challenge. We certainly don't like to be on diversion.
emergency increased persons require seen symptoms
In the emergency department, we have seen increased incidence of respiratory and flu-like symptoms ... but those persons don't always require hospitalization.
capacity changes frequently full high operating patients week
This week we've been at capacity frequently. It changes frequently because patients come and go ... but we have been operating at high or full capacity consistently.
care connected early health issues people prevent stage trying
... What we're trying to do is prevent people from getting to that stage and identifying these health issues early on so we can get them connected with an appropriate health care provider.