Interprofessional/interdisciplinary teamwork during the early COVID-19 pandemic: experience from a children's hospital within an academic health center. Issue 5 (2nd September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Natale, JoAnne E.; Boehmer, Judie; Blumberg, Dean A.; Dimitriades, Constantine; Hirose, Shinjiro; Kair, Laura R.; Kirk, J. Douglas; Mateev, Stephanie N.; McKnight, Heather; Plant, Jennifer; Tzimenatos, Leah S.; Wiedeman, Jean T.; Witkowski, Jessica; Underwood, Mark A.; Lakshminrusimha, Satyan
• Is Part Of: Journal of interprofessional care. Volume 34:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 682
• Page End: 686
• Publication Date: 2020-09-02
• Subjects: Interprofessional collaboration -- shared problem solving -- team effectiveness -- multidisciplinary -- partnership; Holistic medicine -- Periodicals; Interprofessional relations -- Periodicals; Health care teams -- Periodicals; 361
• DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2020.1791809
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1356-1820

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has created multiple, complex and intense demands on hospitals, including the need for surge planning in the many locations outside epicenters such as northern Italy or New York City. We here describe such surge planning in an Academic Health Center that encompasses a children's hospital. Interprofessional teams from every aspect of inpatient care and hospital operations worked to prepare for a COVID-19 surge. In so doing, they successfully innovated ways to integrate pediatric and adult care and maximize bed capacity. The success of this intense collaborative effort offers an opportunity for ongoing teamwork to enhance efficient, effective, and high-quality patient care.