Trends in Patient Transfers From Overall and Caseload-Strained US Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

SH Sarzynski, AG Mancera, C Yek… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Transferring patients to other hospitals because of inpatient saturation or need
for higher levels of care was often challenging during the early waves of the COVID-19 …

Association Between Hospital Type and Resilience During COVID-19 Caseload Stress: A Retrospective Cohort Study

M Neupane, S Warner, A Mancera, J Sun… - Annals of Internal …, 2024 - acpjournals.org
Background: Imbalances between hospital caseload and care resources that strained US
hospitals during the pandemic have persisted after the pandemic amid ongoing staff …

Application of community detection methods to identify emergency general surgery–specific regional networks

J Han, N Wan, JJ Horns, ML McCrum - JAMA Network Open, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There is growing interest in developing coordinated regional systems for
nontraumatic surgical emergencies; however, our understanding of existing emergency …

Inability to get needed health care during the COVID-19 pandemic among a nationally representative, diverse population of US adults with and without chronic …

SA Ponce, M Wilkerson, R Le, AM Nápoles… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Delays in health care have been observed in the US during the COVID-19
pandemic; however, the prevalence of inability to get needed care and potential disparities …

State Capacity Coordination Centers to Facilitate Access to Acute Care: A National Survey and Analysis

BJ Franklin, SH Mitchell, L Villarroel… - … Innovations in Care …, 2023 - catalyst.nejm.org
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many US states deployed state capacity coordination
centers (SCCCs) to organize load balancing and facilitate equitable access to acute care …

Taking action to achieve health equity and eliminate healthcare disparities within acute care surgery

ML McCrum, TL Zakrison, LM Knowlton… - Trauma Surgery & …, 2024 - tsaco.bmj.com
Addressing disparities is crucial for enhancing population health, ensuring health security,
and fostering resilient health systems. Disparities in acute care surgery (trauma, emergency …

Beliefs of physician directors on the management of devastating brain injuries at the Canadian emergency department and intensive care unit interface: a national site …

P Wtorek, MJ Weiss, JM Singh, C Hrymak… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Insufficient evidence-based recommendations to guide care for patients with
devastating brain injuries (DBIs) leave patients vulnerable to inconsistent practice at the …

Canadian Critical Care Society position statement on Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, and Inclusion

M Leeies, S Valiani, V Prakash, WMR Haddara… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background The Canadian Critical Care Society (CCCS) is committed to promoting Equity,
Diversity, Decolonization, and Inclusion (EDDI) as foundational principles for our …