Inpatient Capacity Management during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Yale New Haven Hospital Capacity Expansion Experience. Issue 2 (3rd April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fogerty, Robert L.; Aniskiewicz, Michael; Hedges, Todd; Ryan, Sean; Brien, Piper; Beley, Peggy; Tangredi, Marc; Mitchell, Marci; d'Atri, Hillary; Jansen, Laura; Williams, Ena; LoRusso, Francine; Sevilla, Mark; Menillo, Jennifer; Doyle, Deirdre; Parrott, Heather; Sheehan, Susan; Martinello, Richard A.; Holmes, Michael
• Is Part Of: Hospital topics. Volume 100:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 69
• Page End: 76
• Publication Date: 2022-04-03
• Subjects: inpatient medicine -- pandemic -- COVID-19; Hospitals -- Administration -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; 362.11068
• DOI: 10.1080/00185868.2021.1926383
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0018-5868

Abstract

Abstract: The 2019 SARS-CoV2 virus presented a capacity demand scenario for Yale New Haven Hospital. The response was created with a focus on clinical needs, but was also driven by the unique characteristics of the buildings within our institution. These physical characteristics were considered in the response as a safety measure as little was known about the transmissibility risk in the acute hospital setting of SARS-CoV2 at the time of response. The lessons learned in capacity expansion to meet the potentially catastrophic demand for acute care services due to a novel, poorly understood pathogen are discussed here.