id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-329152-1ixylnny Gupta, Shaili Hospital preparedness for COVID-19 pandemic: experience from department of medicine at Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System 2020-04-24 .txt text/plain 3494 173 48 We share our hospital-wide rapid preparedness and response to COVID-19 to help provide information to other healthcare systems globally. Response to pandemic is a multi-disciplinary team effort with efficient leadership that meets several times daily to work at a quick pace in order to make effective implementation of preparatory measures before the actual arrival of the first infected patients, followed by a continuity of the same diligence to ensure modifications in plans as needed and addressing new demands as they arise. Additionally she created protocols for well-informed care of patients, enhanced the education and protective measures for HCWs including residency trainees, developed a clinical algorithm to guide judicious testing, and participated in COVID-19 treatment group meetings at other institutions to help create or modify local treatment algorithms. ./cache/cord-329152-1ixylnny.txt ./txt/cord-329152-1ixylnny.txt