Frequently Asked Questions

Community Engagement Virtual Meeting

Community Engagement Virtual Meeting - Thursday, July 23

Question #1: What are the current numbers? - Watch Video
Question #2: The community does not believe that hospitals are really full. They are probably basing that belief on earlier reports that our census was low. We are talking about our census on these calls, but, do we need to get that information out on our snapshot? - Watch Video
Question #3: Does KD send out COVID test results by mail? - Watch Video
Question #4: Is the Kaweah Health Emergency Department a COVID testing site? - Watch Video
Question #5: What is the average age of hospitalized patients? Are they trending younger than previously?
Question #6: In light of this current surge, is the hospital still struggling with PPE?- Watch Video
Question #7: If the new testing kits, such as the one available at CVS, can test false negative if the sample is not good, isn’t that a risk to the community?- Watch Video
Question #8: Are the staff members who are contracting the virus the ones who are working with COVID positive patients? - Watch Video
Question #9: Various sources are telling us that hospitals and care providers have improved outcomes by as much as 50%. Do we see any sign of this at Kaweah Health? - Watch Video
Question #10: Do we hire traveling nurses? Answer
Question #11: Do you know the percent of testing being done daily at KD? - Watch Video
Question #12: Are these past COVID positive patients testing again to get a negative test or new symptomatic patients? - Watch Video
Question #13: Can we add the percentage of the positivity rate to our daily dashboard? - Watch Video