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Baystate Health's efforts to secure PPE featured in New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine will be publishing a feature story this week on Baystate Health’s extraordinary effort to secure PPE for its frontline workers as the COVID-19 pandemic raged. The article is based on a piece written by Dr. Andrew Artenstein, Chief Physician Executive, Baystate Health, for the New England Journal of Medicine entitled “In Pursuit of PPE,” which detailed his encounter with FBI agents and Homeland Security at a warehouse in the “mid-Atlantic” while attempting to pick-up the much needed protective equipment for Baystate caregivers.

Inside the Chaotic, Cutthroat Gray Market for N95 Masks As the country heads into a dangerous new phase of the pandemic, the government’s management of the P.P.E. crisis has left the private sector still straining to meet anticipated demand.

CODE ROCKY! 💪 Yesterday, “Code Rocky” was called at Baystate Medical Center. Following the code, the Rocky theme song began to play. This new code is called when a COVID-19 positive patient is well enough to go home. It will be adopted across all Baystate Health hospitals. With the patient’s consent, a Code Rocky gathers team members in the lobby to provide a standing ovation for the patient and the care team while the famous Rocky theme song is played. This is one of our ways to recognize the healing and recovery of patients with COVID-19. As one of our employees said “This is what my heart needed. Thank you Baystate healthcare workers for making a difference!” #AHeartfeltThankYou