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- 2. Keep the Hospital Open
The financial impact of COVID-19 and the restrictions that have resulted are severe. Average US hospital revenues dropped 40% during 2020.[1] This has impacted all hospitals and healthcare systems. Especially critical are small rural hospitals who are …
- 3. Divert the Potentially Infected Before they Arrive
It is critical to protect staff, patients and the facility from infection exposure while still continuing operations and quality care delivery. The best way to do this is to divert potentially infected people before they arrive at the hospital or clini …
- 4. Replace/ Cover Infected Staff, Provide for Critical Care Staff Needs
Regardless of the procedures in place, some infection of staff must be expected and plans must be in place to mitigate the impact on staffing and care. There is a critical need to plan for shortages to occur as demand for specific specialties and for i …
- 5. COVID Containment in the Hospital/Clinic
It is critical that COVID-19 infection in the care environment be contained to restrict the infection from spreading to patients and staff. A critical first step is to restrict the traffic in and out of the hospital and eliminate areas where patients a …
- 6. Provide Urgent Care, Ongoing Care and Follow-up Care
Consumers continue to need healthcare services during a pandemic and need access to providers that can answer their questions, diagnose, and provide guidance and treatment. This is a challenge as patients will resist coming to providers and providers w …
- 7. Provide Care at Home, Create the Ability to Rotate Patients out of the Hospital
“Provide care at home, create the ability to rotate patients out of the hospital to make room for monitoring more critical cases” The need for continuity of care remains during a pandemic and the need to provide this care is essential. As stated in 6 a …
- 8. Support remote work for staff
The best way to protect personnel from contagions in the hospital and prevent them from introducing infection into the hospital is to have staff work from home. The COVID-19 experience has demonstrated that most administrative and management tasks in h …
- 9. Behavioral Health
Mental health strain on providers and patients is a critical issue.[19] Easy, dependable access to appropriate behavioral health services for patients, staff, and the community is essential. In part, access to these critical services will address the n …
- 10. Transportation
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated a significant impact on transportation. Closing of flights, shutdown of some shared car services and resistance to using mass transit drastically cut the ability to move people and goods. Slowdowns in logistics constr …
- 11. Public Health
Weaknesses in our public health system have become apparent in the COVID-19 pandemic and must be addressed before the next pandemic[25]. Grant-based funding, and limited ongoing funding makes operating a long-term sustained public health infrastructure …