Keeping the team together: Transformation of an inpatient neurology service at an urban, multi-ethnic, safety net hospital in New York City during COVID-19.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2020;
197:106156. [PMID:
32877768 PMCID:
PMC7430288 DOI:
10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106156]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Neurology teams can care for patients with COVID-19 in lieu of being redeployed.
Maintaining team structures has advantages to redeployment during pandemic surges.
Streamlining neurological services increases capacity to care for COVID-19 patients.
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected the operations of New York City hospitals during March and April of 2020. This article describes the transformation of a neurology division at a 450-bed tertiary care hospital in a multi-ethnic community in Brooklyn during this initial wave of COVID-19. In lieu of a mass redeployment of staff to internal medicine teams, we report a novel method for a neurology division to participate in a hospital’s expansion of care for patients with COVID-19 while maintaining existing team structures and their inherent supervisory and interpersonal support mechanisms.
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