Opinion: Even during a pandemic, hospitals must make family visits and communication the standard of care
Since the start of the pandemic, nearly 340,000 Americans have died of Covid-19, many of them alone, isolated from those who love them by hospital policies cutting off family visits.
As the virus continues its relentless spread across the country, the next few months may be the deadliest ones we’ve seen. And as hospitals once again begin to shut their doors to visitors, we are in dire need of national leadership around visitor policies and medical communication with patients and families.
