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cord-034135-c3hjkcyh	Valin, J.P.	Physician Executives Guide a Successful Covid-19 Response in Colorado	2020-10-15		.txt	text/plain	2087	80	43	Chief medical officers (CMOs) of seven health care systems collaborated to lead Colorado through the Covid-19 surge by harnessing the four "superpowers" of perspective, partnership, patient advocacy, and peer support. Together, in caring for 6,329 hospitalized Covid-19 patients, the CMO group provided 60,188 patient-days of care, with 17,407 ventilators days.3 The knowledge and experience derived from the collective years of clinical practice, along with firsthand experience of directly caring for acutely ill hospitalized Covid-19 patients in our hospitals during this first wave, provided irreplaceable expert insight as the CMOs contemplated the larger system and state-level challenges that needed to be addressed.4 In their roles as administrators and members of their incident command teams, each CMO also had access to real-time data about Covid-19 patients within their system, including emergency department visits, hospitalizations, intensive care needs, and mechanical ventilation. The CMOs effectively worked together to ensure that Colorado hospitals had sufficient resources, including staff, critical care medications, inpatient and intensive care unit (ICU) beds, PPE, and mechanical ventilators to provide care for the surge of 4,000 critically ill patients that was predicted for our state.	./cache/cord-034135-c3hjkcyh.txt	./txt/cord-034135-c3hjkcyh.txt