COVID-19: Organizational Preparedness and Capacity Planning

The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to learn about staffing for future disruptions and for optimal day-to-day care.
As the delta variant takes root in portions of the country with low COVID-19 vaccination rates, CoxHealth, based in Springfield, Mo., reported having to divert patients
Writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine (AIM), hospitalist Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, described how hospitals change when communities experience a surge of COVID-19 cases
Any threat to the stability of the health care workforce is a threat to the nation’s infrastructure, wrote Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, AONL CEO
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Milwaukee-based Advocate Aurora Health used its broad resources to ensure adequate supplies and equipment
This week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) informed Congressional leaders of the Association’s support for legislation to ease hospital staff shortages.
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, UCHealth in Aurora, Colo., admitted over one-third of the state's patients who tested positive for the disease.
A survey of nearly 2,500 nurses employed at four New York University Langone Health System hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic linked higher levels of depression and anxiety to several factors
As cases of COVID-19 surged in the spring of 2020, nursing leaders at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, recognized the need to prepare for shortages of staff, space and supplies, according to an article in the March issue of Nursing Management.
Kathy Boyle, PhD, RN, chief nursing officer at Denver Health and AONL member, spearheaded the creation of a nurse leader collaborative to share experiences and support her peers who work in Colorado health care systems.