Recomendaciones para la reorganización y expansión de los servicios hospitalarios en respuesta a la COVID-19, abril del 2020 / Recommendations for Reorganization and Expansion of Hospital Services in Response to COVID-19. Technical Working Document, version 5 (April 2020)

RESUMEN

La expansión de la capacidad de los servicios hospitalarios implica el desarrollo y la implementación de estrategias para atender, tratar y gestionar eficazmente el alto volumen de pacientes afectados por la COVID-19. Para organizar de manera óptima la respuesta hospitalaria a la COVID-19 y, particularmente, la expansión de capacidades es fundamental que las funciones mínimas necesarias para la respuesta se implementen correctamente.

ABSTRACT

Expanding hospital service capacity involves the development and implementation of strategies to provide care and treatment and effectively manage growing numbers of COVID-19 patients. To optimally organize hospital response to COVID-19 and, in particular, expand capacity, it is essential to implement certain necessary basic functions. Leadership is one of the main response functions, performing a key role in activating a hospital's emergency response mechanism, through the hospital incident management system, or another mechanism that the hospital has adopted based on its readiness, experience, and regulatory aspects. The hospital incident management system enables the facility's authorities to make informed decisions and determine a single chain of command and authority, by setting clear objectives for the response at all levels of the organization (strategic, management, tactical/operative), improving both institutional and interinstitutional coordination...