Many hospitals and health systems have created COVID-19 recovery programs, or post-COVID clinics, to support patients who experience lingering symptoms weeks or months after being cleared of the illness — a population now widely known as COVID-19 long-haulers.
Most COVID-19 recovery programs currently involve an initial evaluation and, as needed, referrals to a network of specialists such as pulmonologists, cardiologists and neurologists, among others.
Twenty-seven hospitals and health systems that have launched COVID-19 recovery programs:
Note: This is not an exhaustive list. If you would like to add a program to this list, please email ecarbajal@beckershealthcare.com.
1. Cleveland-based MetroHealth
2. Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai
3. Browns Mills, N.J.-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center
4. Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health
5. Westchester (N.Y.) Medical Center
6. Fullerton, Calif.-based St. Jude Medical Center
7. UAB Medicine in Birmingham
8. Concord, Mass.-based Emerson Hospital
9. New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System
11. Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth
12. San Francisco-based UCSF Health
13. Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine
14. Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System
15. Boston-based Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
16. New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center.
17. Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Children's Hospital
18. Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital
19. University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center
20. Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center
21. Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Mercy Medical Center
22. Cleveland Clinic
23. Oregon Health & Science University in Portland
24. Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine
25. Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare
26. Galveston, Texas-based UTMB Health
27. Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health
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