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1 West: Intermountain Healthcare launches new COVID navigation for ‘long haulers’ Intermountain Healthcare is launching a major new medical resource for Utahns who’re considered “long haulers” – people who have tested positive for coronavirus who continue to experience chronic symptoms months after their recovery from the virus. Intermountain doctors outlined the new Intermountain Healthcare Long COVID Navigation Program and how it will serve as a resource for Utahns at a press briefing. The program is designed to help triage resources and care for COVID patients in Utah who have experienced ongoing COVID symptoms for 12 weeks or longer. Based on a patient’s condition, symptoms, and acuity, they’ll be referred to a specialist who can follow up and address their ongoing medical issues. “As far as we know, this is one of the first kinds of COVID patient navigation programs in the nation,” 20
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said Dixie Harris, MD, a critical care physician at Intermountain Healthcare, who treats patients with COVID. “This is not a standalone clinic, but a multi-disciplinary approach and resource for patients across the state of Utah who are experiencing Long COVID.” Some studies and surveys with patients show that between 30–50% of people infected with COVID continue to have bothersome symptoms for months, even though the virus is no longer in their bodies.
2 Midwest: Organ transplants reached record levels at Cleveland Clinic in 2021 Cleveland Clinic performed 1,039 transplants in 2021, including heart, kidney, liver, intestine and lung transplants. That is up 18% from the number of transplants performed at Cleveland Clinic in 2020. Cleveland Clinic’s global transplant programs reached several milestones in 2021, including:
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Cleveland Clinic’s liver and intestine transplant programs in Ohio were the largest in the United States, according to data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). Cleveland Clinic’s liver transplant program in Ohio completed 210 liver transplants, which is the highest number in the history of the program.
Cleveland Clinic’s main campus completed 58 living-donor kidney transplants and 33 living-donor liver transplants.
