May 15, 2020 @ 4:00 p.m.
Every other day, Dr. Sherrill Brown, Medical Director, Infection Prevention, Berenice Constant, VP, Government Relations, and Elizabeth Sepetjian, AVP, Talent Management (HR), give an update for clinic leaders and corporate line of business leaders. You can listen to today's recording here.
Sherrill Brown, MD
Berenice Constant
Liz Sepetjian
Questions?

If you have questions about anything you've heard in the briefing, or for any COVID-19 related questions, click here to submit your questions. They will be reviewed by our COVID-19 task force and answered in our next daily briefing alert or as soon as possible.

Please don't hesitate to ask questions! Know that this is a safe space and that most questions will be answered individually prior to being shared anonymously with staff.



Be sure to check our running lists of FAQs, below, to see if your question has already been answered.



(Also available on Town Square )

Reminder: Please review the FAQs or visit Town Square to access additional COVID-19 information. We are seeing a duplication of questions, especially around PPE use and Human Resources topics. Most have already been addressed and updated in our weekly FAQs and on Town Square.
PPE and Supplies

 Every day, AltaMed is proactively working on our COVID-19 preparedness and response. We have multiple teams (both clinical and non-clinical) in place to address and respond to this pandemic. One of our key teams is our Supply Chain and Purchasing Department. From the start of this pandemic, they have been working with our existing vendors and finding new sources to secure supplies, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Currently, we have enough PPE to last well past this summer and are looking ahead and anticipating future supply needs. We are continually doing our best to plan for our “new normal” and ensure that we conduct our work in a safe manner.

As a reminder:
  • Safety is everyone’s responsibility.

  • Check the FAQs in the COVID-19 alert regularly – your question may have already been answered.

  •  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Infection Prevention:
  • Sherrill Brown, M.D., Medical Director, at (323) 313-3954 
  • Darlene Dickens-Jeffers, Supervisor, at (323) 516-2112 
Changing Times

We are all living through fast-changing times, both outside and inside our AltaMed family. Dr. Sherrill Brown shared two inspiring quotes this morning – please feel free to share them with your staff and colleagues. Now, more than ever, w e must continue to work together and support eachother.

"Change must happen in order for things to improve."
–  James Brown (Dr. Brown’s father)

"People are always telling you that change is a good thing. But all they're really saying is that something you didn't want to happen at all... has happened.”
– You’ve Got Mail 

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