How Hospitals Can Save Lives and Themselves: Lessons on Patient Flow From the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Ann Surg
; 274(1): 37-39, 2021 07 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1207364
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has strained hospital capacity, detracted from patient care, and reduced hospital income. This article lays out a tested strategy that surgical and hospital leaders can use to overcome clinical and financial strain, emphasizing the experience at 2 leading North American medical centers. By classifying the time and resource needs of surgical patients and smoothing the flow of surgical admissions over all days of the week, hospitals can dramatically improve hospital efficiency, the quality of care and timely access to care for emergent and urgent surgeries. Through and beyond the time of COVID, smoothing the flow of surgical patients is a key means to restore hospital vitality and improve the care of all patients.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Infection Control
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COVID-19
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Hospital Administration
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Surg
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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