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cord-035396-lg7m9xzs	Bains, Amarpreet S.	Maintaining Throughput and Reducing Discharge Delays After Increasing Capacity During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A New York City Hospital’s Experience	2020-11-12		.txt	text/plain	2401	105	49	A command center for coordinating discharges and a streamlined process for arranging home oxygen helped a New York hospital significantly speed up discharges during the Covid-19 pandemic with no negative impact on readmissions. Our second step was to have our Social Work and Case Management departments work closely with our largest DME vendor (who provides over 90% of all oxygen and medical equipment for our patients) to streamline the process for discharging patients home with supplemental oxygen, a process that has historically extended hospitalizations by an entire day or more. We attribute this improvement to: better communication between unit managers and discharge control center; earlier identification of barriers; on-site representative for home oxygen; streamlining of the documentation and authorization processes; providers learning how to optimize documentation; and time saved by many patients not requiring home delivery.	./cache/cord-035396-lg7m9xzs.txt	./txt/cord-035396-lg7m9xzs.txt