Hospital Ward Adaptation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of Academic Medical Centers

• 2020

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• Andrew Auerbach; Kevin O'Leary; S Ryan Greysen; James Harrison; Sunil Kripalani; Gregory Ruhnke
PMID: 32804610DOI: https://doi.org/10.12788/jhm.3476

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This journal article is about how hospitals changed their wards during the COVID-19 pandemic. It describes a survey of academic medical centers across the country to see what changes were made. Hospitals had to adapt quickly to handle more patients and keep everyone safe. They used different strategies like creating special areas for COVID-19 patients, changing staff roles, and using new technology. The survey helps understand what worked well and what could be improved in future health emergencies.

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Focus Area: Infectious Disease

Audiences: Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Keywords: Hospital Departments; Pneumonia, Viral; United States; Infection Control; Guideline Adherence; Pandemics; COVID-19

Institutions: University of California San Francisco; Northwestern University; University of Pennsylvania; Vanderbilt University; The University of Chicago Medicine; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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