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University of Iowa Health Care - PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE OF IOWA
Pres enta tion to The Boa rd of Regents , Sta te of Iowa | April 2021

University of Iowa
Health Care
PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE OF IOWA
April 14, 2021

                                                                    CHANGING MEDICINE.
                                                                    CHANGING LIVES.®
University of Iowa Health Care - PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE OF IOWA
Agenda
• Opening Remarks
• Operating and Financial Performance
• Faculty Presentation: Respiratory Illness Follow Up Clinic:
 Meeting the Needs of Iowa During the Pandemic

                                    Presentation to The Board of Regents, State of Iowa | April 2021
University of Iowa Health Care - PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE OF IOWA
Opening Remarks
Presentation to The Board of Regents, State of Iowa | April 2021

Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA
Vice President for Medical Affairs
& Tyrone D.Artz, Dean, Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa Health Care - PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE OF IOWA
Operating and
Financial Performance
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Suresh Gunasekaran, MBA                    Bradley Haws, MBA
Associate Vice President, UI Health Care   Associate Vice President &
& CEO, UI Hospitals & Clinics              Chief Financial Officer, UI Health Care
University of Iowa Health Care - PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE OF IOWA
Volume and Financial Highlights –FY21                                                              THROUGH FEB 2021

Operating Margin                                  Revenues
• Fiscal Year actual 4.7% vs goal (before COVID   • 2.7% above budget year-to-date
  risks) of 4.4%                                    ‒ Inpatient above budget 3.0%
                                                    ‒ Outpatient above budget 2.5%
                                                    ‒ HHS Cares Funding of $32.4M
Volume Change
• Year-over-year: Inpatient Discharges -9.7%,     Payer Mix
  Acute Patient Days -0.5%, Surgeries-2.1%,       • Medicare well below historical average
  Clinic Visits 16.2% and Clinic Visits           • FY20 YTD: 38.0%, Feb YTD FY21: 36.8%
  excluding ILI -6.7%.
                                                  Accounts Receivable
                                                  • Days in Net AR– 48.7 days
Acuity
• Case Mix Index 2.24                             Salary Expenses
                                                  • 5.1% above budget year-to-date
Length of Stay Index                              • Unpaid Time of $11.2M
• Adult at .96
                                                  Non-Salary Expenses
• Pediatrics at .96
                                                  • 5.9% above budget year-to-date
                                                  • Supply and drug costs above budget

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University of Iowa Health Care - PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE OF IOWA
Comparative Financial Results                                                                                                                                         FISCAL YEAR TO DATE: FEB 2021

NET REVENUES                                               Actual             Budget           Prior Year   Variance to Budget   % Variance to Budget Variance to Prior Year   % Variance to Prior Year

Patient Revenue                                       $1,377,347          $1,332,027          $1,283,397              $45,320                   3.4%                $93,950                       7.3%
Other Operating Revenue                                   64,391              33,751              33,870               30,640                  90.8%                 30,521                     90.1%
Total Revenue                                         $1,441,738          $1,365,778          $1,317,267              $75,960                   5.6%              $124,471                        9.4%

EXPENSES

Salaries and Wages                                      $593,543            $564,728            $550,029              $28,815                    5.1%               $43,514                       7.9%
General Expenses                                         709,777             668,703             617,258               41,074                    6.1%                92,519                     15.0%
Operating Expense before Capital                      $1,303,320          $1,233,431          $1,167,287              $69,889                    5.7%              $136,033                     11.7%

Cash Flow Operating Margin                              $138,418           $132,347            $149,980                $6,071                    4.6%             ($11,562)                      -7.7%

Capital- Depreciation and Amortization                    70,556              72,214              68,671               (1,658)                  -2.3%                 1,885                       2.7%
Total Operating Expense                               $1,373,876          $1,305,645          $1,235,958              $68,231                    5.2%              $137,918                     11.2%

Operating Income                                         $67,862             $60,133             $81,309               $7,729                  12.9%              ($13,447)                    -16.5%
Operating Margin %                                          4.7%                4.4%                6.2%                                        0.3%                                             -1.5%
Gain (Loss) on Investments                                63,978               7,388              32,225               56,590                 766.0%                 31,753                     98.5%
Other Non-Operating                                       (7,604)             (9,238)             (9,062)                1,634                 17.7%                   1,458                    16.1%
Net Income                                              $124,236             $58,283           $104,472               $65,953                 113.2%                $19,764                     18.9%
Net Margin %                                                8.3%                4.3%                7.8%                                        4.0%                                              0.5%

Above is the internal budget, based upon pre-COVID performance. Given the ongoing COVID and economic risks, the final annual budget is lower than shown.1.9% annual and 0.8% for YTD February.

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Key Metrics: Preliminary Moody’s Medians

                         FY21 YTD Through February                  Moody’s Median
Financial Operations
Operating Margin                   4.1%                                     1.1%

Financial – Liquidity
Days Cash on Hand                  228                                      305

Financial – Leverage
Debt to Capitalization            16.0%                                    21.4%

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University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics:
The Hospital for the State of Iowa
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We Continue to be the Hospital for the State of Iowa

• We operate an 850-bed hospital in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
• In CY2020, UI Hospitals & Clinics had over 37,000 inpatient discharges
 and almost 1,000,000 outpatient visits.
• Johnson County patients comprise the minority of all patients served
 by UI Hospitals & Clinics (22% of discharges, 36% of clinic visits, and
 only 15% of surgical cases).
• The majority of patients at UI Hospitals & Clinics are:
   – From outside Johnson County
   – Transferred from other Iowa hospitals (1/3 of inpatients nightly)
   – Highly sick and complex patients

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Inpatient Volume and Acuity
GEOGRAPHIC AREA        CY2020 AVG CASE MIX INDEX   CY2020 SUM OF DISCHARGES          PERCENT OF DISCHARGES

Primary Service Area            1.95                        14,438                            45.4%
Quad Cities Area                2.63                        2,894                              9.1%
Dubuque Area                    2.60                        1,655                              5.2%
Grinnell Area                   2.57                        1,433                              4.5%
Waterloo Area                   2.75                        2,392                              7.5%
South East Iowa                 2.33                        3,625                             11.4%
North East Iowa                 2.35                          74                               0.2%
North Central Iowa              2.82                         329                               1.0%
Des Moines Area                 2.97                        1,184                              3.7%
Western Iowa                    2.77                         922                               2.9%
Out of State                    2.65                        2,837                              8.9%
GRAND TOTAL                     2.31                        31,783                            100.0%

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Clinic Visit Patient Origin                                                        CY2020

                                                                Johnson County
Out of State: 65,011                                            is 36.5%

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Emergency Department Patient Origin                                            CY2020

                                                            Johnson County
Out of State: 3,698                                         is 44.4%

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Surgical Patient Origin                                                            CY2020

                                                                Johnson County
Out of State: 3,382                                             is 15.6%

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Inpatient Discharge Patient Origin                                               CY2020

                                                              Johnson County
Out of State: 2,837                                           is 22.0%

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Why does Iowa depend on UIHC?
                                                                                                                  North Central
                                 LYON               OSCEOLA          DICKINSON               EMMET                                  WINNEBAGO            WORTH

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           North East Iowa
                                                                                                                                                                           MITCHELL            HOWARD

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  WINNESHIEK           ALLAMAKEE

Iowans have ever                                                                                                      Iowa
                                                                                                                 KOSSUTH

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           2.35
more complex
                                 SIOUX               O’BRIEN              CLAY             PALO ALTO                                 HANCOCK          CERRO GORDO

                                                                                                                      2.82
                                                                                                                                                                            FLOYD             CHICKASAW

health care                                                                                                                                                                                                        FAYETTE              CLAYTON

needs and UIHC
                             PLYMOUTH               CHEROKEE         BUENA VISTA           POCAHONTAS
                                                                                                                HUMBOLDT
                                                                                                                                      WRIGHT           FRANKLIN
                                                                                                                                                                          Waterloo Area
                                                                                                                                                                            BUTLER
                                                                                                                                                                                               BREMER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Dubuque Area
is uniquely s uited                                                                                                                                                           2.75                                                                      DUBUQUE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     2.60
                                                                                                                  WEBSTER                                                    GRUNDY           BLACK HAWK           BUCHANAN        DELAWARE
                                                          IDA              SAC                CALHOUN

to meet thos e
                                 WOODBURY                                                                                             HAMILTON           HARDIN

needs .                                                  Western Iowa
                                                            2.77                                                                                                                                                                                                  JACKSON

                                                                                                                                                                 Grinnell
                                    MONONA                     CRAWFORD             CARROLL                                  BOONE               STORY            MARSHALL             TAMA               BENTON                LINN               JONES

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Primary                                               CLINTON

                                                                                                                                                                  Area                                       Service Area
                                                                                                                           Des                                    2.57                                           1.95
                                                                                                   GUTHRIE                DALLAS             POLK                                                                                                  CEDAR
                                         HARRISON               SHELBY           AUDUBON                                                                         JASPER               POWESHIEK            IOWA                JOHNSON

                                                                                                                          Moines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  SCOTT

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Quad Cities Area
                                                                                                                           Area
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   MUSCATINE

                                                POTTAWATTAMIE                      CASS                ADAIR              MADISON

                                                                                                                           2.97
                                                                                                                                             WARREN           MARION                MAHASKA             KEOKUK        WASHINGTON
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               2.63
*Case Mix Index (CMI) is a                                                                                                                                                                                                                     LOUISA

measure of medical acuity and                   MILLS           MONTGOMERY                ADAMS                 UNION               CLARKE            LUCAS               MONROE          WAPELLO            JEFFERSON

complexity. Higher case mix
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                HENRY

index is indicative of greater                                                                                                                                                          South East Iowa
complexity .
                                              FREMONT              PAGE                   TAYLOR               RINGGOLD            DECATUR            WAYNE            APPANOOSE
                                                                                                                                                                                             2.33
                                                                                                                                                                                              DAVIS         VAN BUREN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         LEE

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Clinic volume growth remains strong
1,000,000                                                                                                    976,141
                                                                                    960,437
 950,000
                                                            911,834
 900,000                                872,075
 850,000           835,996

 800,000
 750,000
 700,000
 650,000
 600,000
 550,000
 500,000
                    2016                 2017                2018                    2019                     2020

                      Total clinic vis it volume has increas ed 17% over the pas t five years .
            Larges t vis it growth in cancer, diges tive dis eas e, neurology, urology, and orthopedics .

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However, total surgical volume declined in 2020
                           Total Surgical Cas es
35,000

34,000                                                        33,817

33,000                                32,673

32,000
                  31,380
                                                                                        31,092
31,000
         30,043
30,000

29,000

28,000
         2016     2017                 2018                    2019                      2020

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Even with fewer visits, acuity growth is
driving long stays in Emergency Department
                                                      Emergency Department Vis its and Length of Stay
                                                                                                                6.05                                  6.1
                                60,000

                                                                                                                                                            Media n Admit Length of Sta y
                                                                                                                                       5.90           6
Emergency Depa rtment Vis its

                                                                                         5.88
                                50,000                                                                                                                5.9
                                                                                                                                                      5.8
                                40,000                                                                                                                5.7

                                                                                                                                                                      (Hours )
                                                                                                                                                      5.6
                                30,000                        5.47
                                             5.43                                                                                                     5.5
                                20,000                                                                                                                5.4
                                                                                                                                                      5.3
                                10,000
                                            59,809           59,679                     56,616                 55,359                 47,023          5.2
                                    0                                                                                                                 5.1
                                            2016             2017                       2018                    2019                  2020
                                                                      Total ED Visits       Median ED Length of Stay (Hrs)

                                  Total emergency department volume is decreas ing, but patient length of s tay is increas ing
                                            due to delays in our ability to admit patients when the hos pital is full.

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Capacity challenges remain even though fewer
Emergency Department patients waiting for beds
              Emergency Department Average Midnight Census: Adults 18+
35

30                  29                             29                     29
                                   28
                                                                                                27
25     24

20

15

10

 5

 0
     CY2015       CY2016         CY2017          CY2018                CY2019                CY2020

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Despite the pandemic, inpatient occupancy
remains highest in Eastern Iowa
                                                Inpatient Cens us : Adults 18+
                 620                                            96.4%                    96.5%                                97.0%

                 600                                                                                                          96.0%
                         94.6%        94.6%
                 580                                                                                                          95.0%

                                                                                                                                      Occupa ncy Ra te
Number of Beds

                 560                                                                                                          94.0%
                                                                                                                      610
                 540                                                                            601                           93.0%
                                                                    586                580                       92.7%
                                              577
                 520          562                            565                                           566                92.0%
                                    546
                       532
                 500                                                                                                          91.0%

                 480                                                                                                          90.0%
                         CY2016       CY2017                   CY2018                    CY2019              CY2020
                                          Average Midnight Census       Staffed Beds         Occupancy

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If not for COVID, demand and capacity
challenges would have increased in 2020
                      Clinic Volumes Still Increasing                                         Emergency Department Average Midnight Census Continues to Increase
1,100,000                                                            1,058,285                                                                                              30
                                                                                                                  29             28             29          29
1,000,000                                               960,437                     30
                                        911,834                                                     24
  900,000   835,996       872,075
                                                                                    20
  800,000
  700,000                                                                           10
  600,000
  500,000                                                                              0
             CY2016       CY2017        CY2018          CY2019        CY2020                    CY2015           CY2016         CY2017        CY2018       CY2019      CY2020

                            Surgical Volumes                                                               Inpatient Census Continues to Increase (Adults 18+)
                                                                                              620                                                                           110%
40,000                                                                                                                                                           597
                                                                                              600

                                                                                                                                                                                   Occupa ncy Ra te
                                                                      34,690                                                                         580
35,000                                                  33,817                                580                                                                           105%
                                        32,673                                                                                        565
                         31,380

                                                                                    Cens us
            30,043                                                                            560                       546
30,000                                                                                                    532                                                               100%
                                                                                              540                                                                   97.5%
25,000                                                                                        520                                                                           95%
                                                                                                                                                 96.5%
                                                                                              500        94.6%         94.6%          96.4%                         92.7%
20,000                                                                                        480                                                                           90%
            CY2016      CY2017         CY2018           CY2019       CY2020                              CY2016        CY2017      CY2018        CY2019      CY2020

                                      CY Volume          COVID-19 Adjus tment    Occupa ncy              COVID-19 Adjus ted Occupa ncy

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Game Plan to Improve Operations

 Quality       Workforce          Finance         Inpatient/ED      Outpatient           Surgical          Growth and
and Safety    Performance        and Capital       Efficiencies     Efficiencies        Efficiencies      Service Lines
                Culture

                                     Continue to Improve Partnerships
        With post-acute providers to ensure more timely discharge of our patients to care closer to home.

 With community providers to manage patients locally, when clinically appropriate, instead of transferring to UIHC.

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Quality and Outcomes
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Infections Following Colon Surgery                                                                                            IMPROVEMENT

Mea s ured a ccording to “Sta nda rdized Infection Ra tio” where the SIR= number of obs erved infections / number of expected infections
SIR>1.0 = # of infections exceeded expecta tions
                                                                                                                  Des ired direction of
                                                                                                                  improvement
               1.9

                                                 1.3
                                                                                                                                  SIR = 1.0
                                                                                   1

                                                                                                                      0.6

              FY18                              FY19                             FY20                                FY21

              CMS Colon SIR is publicly reported a nd included in the Hos pita l-Acquired Condition Reduction Progra m

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CLABSIs                                                                                                                                                          OPPORTUNITY FOR FOCUS

Ca theter-As s ocia ted Bloods trea m Infections (CLABSIs ) a re mea s ured a ccording to                                                     COVID-19 Pandemic
“Sta nda rdized Infection Ra tio” where the SIR= number of obs erved infections /                                                •     Res ulted in cha nges to infection
number of expected infections                                                                                                          prevention a nd control pra ctices
SIR>1.0 = # of infections exceeded expecta tions                                                                                 •     U.S. hos pita ls s a w s ubs ta ntia l
                                                                                                                                       increa s es in CLABSI ra tes *

                1.2                                                                                                                                             1.2
                                                                                                                                                                                     SIR = 1.0

                                                   0.9

                                                                                              0.7

               FY18                               FY19                                      FY20                                                              FY21

            Non-MBI CLABSI SIR is publicly reported a nd included in the Hos pita l-Acquired Condition Reduction Progra m
                                                                            *Reference: Fa kih MG, Bufalino A, Sturm L, et a l. COVID-19 Pa ndem ic, CLABSI, a nd CAUTI: The Urgent Need to Refocus
                                                                                   on Ha rdwiring Prevention Efforts . Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2021:1-22. doi:10.1017/ ice.2021.70

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Patient Vaccination Campaign
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COVID-19 Patient Vaccinations
Multiple vaccination locations trialed                            Large-scale patient vaccination
• Main Campus Fountain Entrance                                   location at UI Health Services
                                                                  Support Building (HSSB)
• UI Quick Care East
                                                                  • Non-patient care facility designed to house
• UI Urgent Care– Coralville
                                                                    finance, information technology, and billing
• UI Health Services Support Building
                                                                  • Repurposed first floor of facility to support
• UI Muscatine                                                      patient vaccinations

                       University of Iowa Health Care launches Phase 1b COVID-19 vaccinations
                       University of Iowa Health Care on Feb. 3, 2021, took its next big step in continued efforts to keep the
                       community safe from COVID-19. UI Health Care administered 1,004 pre-scheduled doses at one
                       location in a single day to Johnson County residents age 65 or older who were newly eligible under
                       Phase 1b of Iowa’s vaccination criteria.

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Patient Satisfaction: COVID Vaccine Survey
• Survey added February 3               Additional vaccine percentile ranks will               Patient Comments
                                        become available as other organizations
• 26% Survey Return Rate                add survey.

                                         PERCENT      RESPONSES PERCENTILE RANK
QUESTIONS
                                        VERY GOOD        (n)       IN NATION
                                                                                               I was very impressed by
                                                                                               the UIHC setup to
Likelihood of recommending                 96.2          1,007            99th                 efficiently administer the
                                                                                               COVID-19 vaccine.”
Ease of obtaining COVID vaccine            83.2           940       Not yet available

Courtesy of COVID vaccine staff            97.5           943       Not yet available

Cleanliness of COVID vaccine facility      94.7           944       Not yet available          Everything was perfect
                                                                                               from directions in the
Safety when receiving COVID vaccine        95.2           937       Not yet available          parking lot upon arrival
                                                                                               to exiting the parking lot
Explain COVID vaccine side effects         87.9           934       Not yet available          upon leaving. Bravo!”

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Respiratory Illness Follow -Up Clinic:
Meeting the Needs of Iowa During the Pandemic
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Alejandro P. Comellas, MD
Director of the ICTS Clinical Research Unit at the University of Iowa
Professor of Medicine
Long term consequences of COVID-19
• Despite evidence of viral clearance, patients with severe acute
 SARS-CoV-2 infection experience a more prolonged period of
 recovery compared to patients with severe disease due to other
 respiratory viruses
• The constellations of symptoms is considered a syndrome
 defined as Post-Acute Sequelae SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC)

                                   Presentation to The Board of Regents, State of Iowa | April 2021
Respiratory Illness Follow -Up Clinic
• In response to COVID-19, the University of Iowa established a
 post-acute COVID-19 ambulatory service for patients with
 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who remained symptomatic
 more than thirty days following initial diagnosis
• Criteria for referral, including self referral
   – 16 y/o and older
   – Proven diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection (Nasal swab or blood
     antibodies)
   – All symptomatic, independent of organ system

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Respiratory Illness Follow -Up Clinic Operation
• Every Friday from 8 am to 4 pm
• Staffed by 10 faculty members
  – 7 Pulmonologists and Critical Care Physicians
  – 3 General Medicine Physicians
• Out of the 10 physicians, 4 are fluent in Spanish
• 1 physician is double board certified in Adult Medicine
 and Pediatrics
• Follow up within 1, 3 or 6 months

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Respiratory Illness Follow -Up Clinic Protocol
• All patients are evaluated by the following protocol
   – Pulmonary Function Tests
   – Lung Computed Tomography Imaging
   – Blood work that includes:
      • Total cell count (white blood cells, hemoglobin and platelets)
      • Basic Metabolic Panel (kidney function and electrolytes)
      • Liver function test
   – Standard clinic evaluation including resolution assessment of initial
     COVID-19 symptoms

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Multidisciplinary Respiratory Illness Follow -Up Clinic

  •   Cardiology                   • Rehabilitation Therapies
  •   Immunology                   • Physical Therapies
  •   Infectious Diseases          • Respiratory Therapy
  •   Occupational Medicine
  •   Family Medicine
  •   Neurology
  •   Otolaryngology
  •   Psychiatry
  •   Psychology

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Respiratory Illness Follow -Up Clinic Research
• All patients are invited to participate in a Post COVID-19
 Registry. If interested, on the same day patients are consented
 by a research coordinator
• All patients are consented to use their clinical data for research,
 obtain blood samples to study their immune system and collect
 cells from the nose as a surrogate of lung cells

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What have we learned?
• We have seen > 200 patients
• The constellation of symptoms is broad. However the most
 common chief complaints are:
   – Shortness of breath (73%)
   – Fatigue (56%)
   – Cough (34%)
• Another constellation of debilitating problems are Psychiatric
 and Neurocognitive such as memory, concentration, anxiety,
 depression, mood changes

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What have we learned?
• The more severe the disease, the more lung damage
• The lung diseases are a combination of lung fibrosis and airway
 diseases such as Asthma and COPD
• Symptoms in the clinic do not correlate with disease severity
  – Patients treated in the ambulatory setting are sometimes more
    debilitated than patients treated in the hospital

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ICU patient with COVID-19 pneumonia               Same patient 6 weeks later

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Where do we go from here?
• Continue to meet the demands of the community by keeping
 this clinic open
• Identify best specialties for referrals to continue patient care
• Continue research in this area to identify mechanisms of
 disease so we can discover potential therapies that can be
 tested in clinical trials
• Engage with the community to understand better their suffering

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