Open AccessResponding to COVID-19 Through Interhospital Resource Coordination: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation
Author(s) -
Michael Usher,
Christopher J. Tignanelli,
Brian Hilliard,
Zachary P. Kaltenborn,
Monica I. Lupei,
György Simon,
Surbhi Shah,
John A. W. Kirsch,
Genevieve B. Melton,
Nicholas E. Ingraham,
Andrew Olson,
Karyn D. Baum
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1549-8425
pISSN - 1549-8417
DOI - 10.1097/pts.0000000000000916
Subject(s) - medicine , guideline , covid-19 , emergency medicine , medical emergency , pandemic , health care , patient safety , medline , acute care , quality management , family medicine , intensive care medicine , management system , operations management , disease , pathology , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , economics , economic growth
The COVID-19 pandemic stressed hospital operations, requiring rapid innovations to address rise in demand and specialized COVID-19 services while maintaining access to hospital-based care and facilitating expertise. We aimed to describe a novel hospital system approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic, including multihospital coordination capability and transfer of COVID-19 patients to a single, dedicated hospital.