Toronto General Hospital’s ICU Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic

內容大綱
In March 2020, the leadership team at Toronto General Hospital (TGH) needs to plan resources to accommodate the new influx of COVID-19 ICU patients. Key resources for ICU capacity include beds, physicians, nurses, and PPE. The current demand coming from two streams of patients (elective surgeries & emergencies) is expected to overwhelm the ICU capacity, but by slowing down elective surgeries, TGH can mitigate the situation. The optimal proportion of COVID to total ICU patients must be analyzed considering the impact on physicians, nurses, patients awaiting elective surgeries, and PPE. The case allows students to take the role of a hospital leader deciding on allocating capacity across resource pools and recommend an ICU action plan.
學習目標
After working through the case and assignment questions, students will be able to:<ul><li>Understand how to analyze and make decisions in a complex healthcare system with different stakeholders while adapting to changing patient demands.</li><li>Analyze capacity utilization with different projected demand scenarios and examining the impact of shifting capacity from different resource pools.</li><li>Identify key considerations when shifting resources for optimizing patient care, how it will impact different healthcare stakeholders, and be in line with policy prescriptions.</li></ul>
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