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A Framework Designed to Generate Transparency, Teamwork, Trust, and Calm
Considering the demand for leaders’ attention has been stretched thin during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a simple framework administrators can leverage to help them stay attuned to the big picture.
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What the Quality Improvement Community Brings to the Table During a Pandemic
Healthcare providers around the world are relying on innovation to help their organizations survive the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that has brought with it unprecedented challenges and complexity. Some structure is needed to curate the best ideas and ensure they are shared widely.
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Nurse Practitioners Pitch in to Meet Urgent COVID-19 Care Needs for Minorities
There have been widespread reports about how the pandemic is adversely affecting minority populations. The extent of this disparity is particularly clear in New Orleans, one of the hotspots for COVID-19.
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Leverage In-House Resources, Work with Outside Labs to Streamline COVID-19 Testing Processes
Expanded testing capacity is crucial to fully understanding how broad the COVID-19 problem is in the United States. But how can providers reach that goal if there are not enough tests?
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Prepare to Ramp Up Quickly, Treat All Patients as if They Have COVID-19
Prepare for a rapid escalation of cases as soon as evidence of community spread of COVID-19 emerges. At this point, assume everyone is carrying the virus, and act accordingly.
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Rule No. 1: Take Care of Staff
There is no denying the fear and anxiety that frontline staff are experiencing as they race to care for COVID-19 patients. Employees are living in personal protective equipment, and they are witnessing people of all ages go through terrible courses of illness. In one New York-based facility, leaders formed “code lavender” teams for instances in which staff members may have seen or been involved with some type of crisis.
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Plan for a Range of Demand Scenarios
When preparing for any disaster, plan for a range of scenarios, including worst case. Determine where beds and staff will come from under the direst of circumstances. Use predictive modeling to anticipate daily care needs and identify alternative locations where patients could be relocated if the community demand reaches a boiling point.
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Leveraging Hospital Incident Command to Battle COVID-19
Frontline providers battling COVID-19 in New York, where the outbreak may go down as the worst in the United States, share the latest updates and techniques that are paying dividends.
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The Challenges of Infection Control in the Age of COVID-19
Infection prevention likely will be a higher priority activity and quality improvement project for surgery centers as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to flare over the next year. There are various resources leaders should consider to help in these endeavors.
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More States Lift Barriers for Nurse Anesthetists During COVID-19
The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) has asked for states to lift barriers to full utilization of nurse anesthetists. The COVID-19 crisis gave the AANA an opportunity to show the benefits of lifting physician supervision statutes, as a dozen states made temporary changes during the pandemic.