• Annals of surgery · Jul 2021

    How Hospitals can Save Lives and Themselves: Lessons on Patient Flow from the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    • Eugene Litvak, Shaf Keshavjee, Bruce L Gewertz, and Harvey V Fineberg.
    • President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Optimization, Adjunct Professor of Operations Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
    • Ann. Surg. 2021 Jul 1; 274 (1): 37-39.

    AbstractCOVID-19 has strained hospital capacity, detracted from patient care, and reduced hospital income. This article lays out a tested strategy that surgical and hospital leaders can use to overcome clinical and financial strain, emphasizing the experience at 2 leading North American medical centers. By classifying the time and resource needs of surgical patients and smoothing the flow of surgical admissions over all days of the week, hospitals can dramatically improve hospital efficiency, the quality of care and timely access to care for emergent and urgent surgeries. Through and beyond the time of COVID, smoothing the flow of surgical patients is a key means to restore hospital vitality and improve the care of all patients.Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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