Open Accessibility Menu
Hide

Update: May 11, 2020

  • Today is Monday, May 11, 2020, and kicks off Hospital Week. Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller will be issuing a proclamation today recognizing North Oaks.
  • State Stats: Louisiana has had 31,600 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 2,213 deaths and 20,316 patients presumed recovered. There are 1,324 COVID-19 patients hospitalized, and 161 are on vents.
  • Governor Edwards will be holding a press conference this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. to announce whether we will take steps to loosen restrictions. As a result, we WILL have a 7:30 Executive Team/MEC meeting on Tuesday, and a 10 a.m. Leadership call. Please mark your calendars.
  • North Oaks Stats: We have 20 COVID-19 positive patients in-house and 2 PUIs; one patient is on a vent. We successfully discharged another patient over the weekend, bringing our total to 143 recovered. Unfortunately, we did have one nursing home patient pass this weekend.
  • Employee Wellness reports 11 employees monitoring at home and 2 pending return to work evaluations today.
  • Population Health had 15 calls to the COVID-19 line this weekend, with 4 video visits. We did 51 drive-through tests on Friday, and there are 16 scheduled for today. In total, we have performed 2,519 tests with 470 positive and 72 pending.
  • Surgical Services reports 133 cases last week (about 40% of normal volume), and 96 already scheduled for this week. The ODC has 130 patients scheduled for today (about 50% of volume). While walk-in clinic volume is still down, clinic volume is increasing and the no-show rate is low. We saw 1,500 patients in the clinics last week, and conducted 500 telemed visits.
  • Please encourage your colleagues to wear their masks appropriately – even in line for PJs or the cafeteria. Masks should cover the nose, mouth and chin and fit closely to the face.
  • No issues with supplies or staffing to report.
  • Tuesday (tomorrow) is the last day of the Raising Cane’s neck gaiter fundraiser for the Foundation. See attached for information.