Acute Care
Organizations should ensure standards of care are maintained despite the increase in healthcare utilization.
Brightree VP Nick Knowlton says the pandemic's long-term impact on acute and post-acute care is more detailed documentation and a greater emphasis on event notification services to track care progression.
When demand outpaces the ability to provide ECMO therapies, physicians should be prepared to determine when and if to offer such support.
CDC warns the data may not reflect the true scope of the problem, as uneven reporting of confirmed cases likely underestimates the impact.
The five new ventilator contracts are expected to ramp up production, while immunotherapy development could help in coronavirus treatment.
The guidance is meant to remove financial barriers for receiving coronavirus tests and health services, and to encourage antibody testing.
Actions included reducing operating room volume by 80% to ensure adequate capacity to care for an anticipated influx of coronavirus patients.
After so many hours wearing this form of personal protective equipment, skin can tear, increasing the likelihood of infection.
The guidance is meant to empower local hospitals and healthcare systems to rapidly expand their capacity to treat coronavirus patients.
The challenge of population health is the ability to integrate and share the data for health systems to act upon the information.