In Florida hospitals, lessons learned from more than 3,300 deaths

At Westside Regional Hospital in Plantation, patients are now turned on their stomachs as soon as they go into respiratory distress, said Dr. Georgio Tarchini, infectious disease specialist and chief medical officer. “That has become the standard of care,” he said. “While we can’t ascribe success to one single intervention, we have seen that it gives better oxygen to the lungs.”