Getting Ready: Insights to preparedness for an environment with few COVID-19 patient arrivals
Preparing for a Pandemic
Our former research, undertaken before the COVID-19 pandemic, shows how hospitals can efficiently improve their capacity in times of health emergency under limited resources.
Some key results include:
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1 |
Transfer Out |
Distributing transfers over time and space can serve more critical patients. |
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2 |
Across Hospital |
Strategies may not be effective when implemented individually. |
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3 |
Across Hospital |
Target surge capacities are attainable with 2 to 3 intelligently combined strategies. |
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4 |
Across Hospital |
Changing standards of care often improves hospital capacity more than adjusting operations. |
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