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Envision Healthcare has deployed or reassigned more than 500 clinicians in six states to assist in fighting against the new coronavirus.

Hospital employees are among the confirmed cases of COVID-19. Here are U.S. hospitals or other healthcare sites where employees have tested positive during the pandemic.  

When healthcare organizations are operating under normal conditions, flaws in the system may go unnoticed. Radical changes in day-to-day life, on the other hand — disruptors such as the COVID-19 pandemic — reveal how well a system actually works.

NewYork-Presbyterian health system in New York City has launched the NYP COVID Support Care Fund to help employees experiencing financial hardships during the pandemic, according to an internal memo obtained by Becker's Hospital Review.

Madison-based University of Wisconsin Health has told its employees involved in direct patient care not to bring in personal protective equipment from home, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.

The federal government released a toolkit April 22 with resources to help healthcare decision-makers address COVID-19 workforce challenges.

Medical City Healthcare workers are now able to buy essential grocery items at seven of the Dallas-based health system's hospitals. 

Thousands of employees at Massachusetts hospitals are taking on new roles to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Boston Globe.

From counseling to meal deliveries, St. Louis-based Ascension is finding ways to thank its employees for their work throughout the pandemic and help them take care of themselves.

Babylon Health, a $2 billion digital technology and telehealth startup, furloughed 5 percent of its staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Business Insider report.