Organization: MedStar VNA Healthcare Inc
Mission: PROVISION OF NURSING, HOME HEALTH AIDE, AND OTHER SERVICES TO SICK, ELDERLY, AND INFIRM PATIENTS AND FAMILIES.
Activities: MEDSTAR VNA HEALTHCARE IS OPERATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING NURSING, HOME HEALTH AIDE, AND OTHER SERVICES TO SICK, ELDERLY, AND INFIRM PATIENTS AND FAMILIES. As one of the largest healthcare systems in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region, MedStar Health and its affiliated entities cared for one in four COVID-19 patients in the region since March 2020. Operating as One MedStar and aligning with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local Departments of Health, MedStar Healths COVID-19 preparations and response were guided by two critical drivers: providing a safe care environment for patients and associates and ensuring operational continuity to fulfill our core mission of caring for our communities. These efforts included adding hospital beds in preparation for patient surges; balancing hospital admissions by using urgent care sites as frontline providers and facilitating telehealth interactions for virtual care and referrals; utilizing home health services to transition care from inpatient settings, ambulatory facilities, and a convention center field hospital; and standing up more than 40 COVID-19 testing locations. Underlying these actions is MedStar Healths commitment to the highest levels of quality and safety, reflected by the systemwide implementation of universal face masking for patients and associates, and acquisition of Personal Protective Equipment at usage levels 10 times normal use.
NTEE category: Health Care
Secondary category: Hospitals