Start Date

5-28-2020 9:00 AM

End Date

5-28-2020 5:00 PM

Description

What's the Problem?

  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an anticipated increase in the number of patients admitted with COVID-19.
  • To meet the increased number of admitted patients, additional providers and teams were needed to care for hospitalized patients during the pandemic.
  • Pre-existing teams needed to find ways to expand (in the case of the Family Medicine service) and repurpose (in the case of the Neurohospitalist service) in order to care for an increased number of patients.

Keywords

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus

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Presented at the 2020 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

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May 28th, 9:00 AM May 28th, 5:00 PM

Expansion and Conversion of Family Medicine and Neurohospitalist Services into COVID-19 Services

What's the Problem?

  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an anticipated increase in the number of patients admitted with COVID-19.
  • To meet the increased number of admitted patients, additional providers and teams were needed to care for hospitalized patients during the pandemic.
  • Pre-existing teams needed to find ways to expand (in the case of the Family Medicine service) and repurpose (in the case of the Neurohospitalist service) in order to care for an increased number of patients.