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cord-306243-ar7xvd2c	Campbell, Katherine H.	Consolidation of Obstetric Services in a Public Health Emergency	2020-07-22		.txt	text/plain	3683	157	38	Key stakeholders involved in the comprehensive delivery of obstetrical services should be identified and brought together for assessment of (1) ongoing obstetrical needs of the patient population; (2) hospital resources including availability of physical space, health care workers, and supplies; and (3) Regularly scheduled teleconference meetings that are frequent, but short, are important tools to ensure reliable and timely communication. Anticipating that a surge of infected patients, potential workforce illnesses or absences or increases in volume could overburden our capacity, we worked with our Medical Staff office to facilitate emergency privileges, when necessary, for supervision of labor and birth for providers not currently in active obstetric practice, such as gynecologic oncologists, urogynecologists, gynecologic specialty surgeons and family planning providers. In early April 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic peaked within the New York metropolitan and surrounding areas, multiple sites within the NewYork Presbyterian health system identified the need for additional medical-surgical bed capacity to accommodate increasing numbers of non-obstetric adult COVID-19 patients.	./cache/cord-306243-ar7xvd2c.txt	./txt/cord-306243-ar7xvd2c.txt