The health network\u2019s orthopedics department set up a task force to tackle the immense job of reorganizing Dickson City services and its roster of patients.\u00a0Campus leaders came together to take on certain tasks including supply chain, template builds and technology needs. They also did patient outreach, offering patients the option to have surgery at another LVHN facility while LVH\u2013Dickson City remained closed to repair smoke and water damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A big job was contacting LVPG offices in the area to find relocation space.\u00a0\u201cLVPG practices at Carbondale, Dunmore, Morgan Highway, Pittston and Steamtown opened their doors,\u201d says Paone, whose team helped reorient colleagues with workspaces, workflows and even parking. \u201c[The practices that stepped up] were a huge reason why we were able to start seeing patients in just three days.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Patients and clinicians were dispersed across Pittston, Morgan Highway, Dunmore, Carbondale and Steamtown, requiring staff to work between five offices while managing technology, clerical workflows and the added logistics of patients traveling farther for care. \u201cThe staff adapted quickly, supported one another and stayed focused on patient care despite the emotional toll,\u201d Paone says.<\/p>\n
For surgeries, some patients were directed to LVH\u2013Hazleton and LVH\u2013Pocono. The staff made sure patients knew where their procedures were scheduled. LVH\u2013Dickson City reopened nine days after the fire, through cooperation between contractors, city officials and health network leaders, and after a thorough inspection by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The health network\u2019s orthopedics department set up a task force to tackle the immense job of reorganizing Dickson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-167962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}