id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-029590-95rp9u93 Kumar, Pooja Reassessing Covid-19 Needs: How Providers Can Reexamine Their Surge Capacity, Supply Availability, Workforce Readiness, and Financial Resiliency 2020-05-07 .txt text/plain 2155 101 40 To rapidly increase bed capacity to treat Covid-19-positive patients, providers are (a) cancelling nonurgent procedures through the development of detailed procedural priority levels detailed at service-line levels (e.g., orthopedics, cardiovascular); (b) moving care of non-Covid-19 patients to telemedicine whenever possible; (c) encouraging and supporting Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms to stay home (and leverage remote care); (d) preparing to increase bed capacity for treating patients who need hospitalization by developing tiered surge plans or utilizing recently developed tools8 that guide decision-making with bed capacity thresholds as activation triggers; and (e) preparing to efficiently discharge patients once appropriate as they recover. In addition, to support keeping Covid-19-negative patients uninfected, keeping the workforce healthy, treating sick patients efficiently and effectively, and protecting their financial position/ability to serve patients as much as possible during the peak of this pandemic, providers are making adjustments to their clinical operations (see Appendix). ./cache/cord-029590-95rp9u93.txt ./txt/cord-029590-95rp9u93.txt