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ON SCREEN TEXT: A UnitedHealthcare Global leader's
perspective from the COVID-19 front line
Dr. Ana Prado on adapting to a new reality
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ON SCREEN TEXT: Dr. Ana Prado
UnitedHealthcare Global
DR. PRADO: My name is Ana Prado. I am working and living in Portugal in Cascais Hospital, mainly.
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DR. PRADO: I am a front-line practicing physician. I'm internal medicine specialist.
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DR. PRADO: And I work in the emergency department as a physician and as a team leader...
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DR. PRADO: ...and in the ward, also, as a physician and a team leader, dealing with COVID patients.
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ON SCREEN TEXT: What was the biggest challenge you
initially faced during the pandemic?
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DR. PRADO: The biggest challenge that we had right away was that we had to redefine our circuits and redesign the patient journey throughout the hospital...
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DR. PRADO: ...adapt it to this new infectious disease context. So we really had to look at all the touch points of the patient in the hospital...
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DR. PRADO: And make sure that the new circuits were well designed and well built with everything that is needed to provide the best care possible.
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ON SCREEN TEXT: What measures did you take to
ensure teams were on the same page?
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DR. PRADO: The glue to this all, I think, has been good communication, clear communication, throughout the whole organization.
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DR. PRADO: From top to bottom, from bottom to top, the channels really have been open, and I think this has helped us all be aligned...
We see a still shot of two fully covered figures attending a patient in a hospital bed. One looks at a machine interface while holding a probe.
DR. PRADO: ...with our strategy and helped us especially to adapt and to keep on the same wave as everyone else.
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ON SCREEN TEXT: What challenges are you facing
now and in months to come?
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DR. PRADO: Everyone is very tired, very, very tired, and to keep people healthy and motivated and strong enough to continue to provide care, because this is such important work, where mistakes can't be made, where there's a great responsibility, and there are lots of physical hours...
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DR. PRADO: ...we really have to keep reinforcing, when people are off work, they have to rest, and I mean, they really have to rest.
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DR. PRADO: That's definitely the biggest challenge now. Also, because we're in the third wave still now, to continue to provide...
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DR. PRADO: ...excellent quality of care is definitely a challenge when we're tired, when there are so many patients...
In a still shot through an open doorway, a covered figure inserting a thermometer into the ear of a patient. A sign hung on the doorjamb reads "Coronavirus Triage Bay."
DR. PRADO: ...that sometimes it's difficult to prioritize care.
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ON SCREEN TEXT: How has collaboration
across UnitedHealthcare Global
helped to support your efforts and execution?
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DR. PRADO: It's always a relief and a joy to share knowledge and to share experiences and ideas and even mistakes, and to discuss what we did wrong and if they have any ideas and vice versa, and this has always been encouraged and made possible through Global, and so we're very grateful for that.
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ON SCREEN TEXT: What are the biggest lessons you
have learned through the pandemic?
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DR. PRADO: It brings out a side of people that wouldn't have been brought out in normal circumstances. So ingenuity, courage...
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DR. PRADO: ...team spirit, unity. I think we've all been...
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DR. PRADO: ...on this road to growth, and...
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DR. PRADO: ...it's been a hell of a journey, but I think we'll come out stronger, definitely, in the end.
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ON SCREEN TEXT: United
Healthcare
Global