Top of Mind 2021 Program Recap

23 Top of Mind 2021 Recap But the leaders, which also included Mark Sevco, President of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, credited the quick formation of incident command teams for leading their responses. Focus of response shifts from PPE to staffing Despite their success in quickly responding to the demands of COVID-19 in spring of 2020, health systems have had to remain nimble as new challenges surfaced. Health systems have faced several different waves of challenges over the course of pandemic. Early on the response was focused on preparing for an onslaught of sick patients and making sure hospitals had enough supplies and ICU capacity. By the summer, the response involved bringing in-person services back and resuming routine medical care. And by fall, it has become a balance of keeping medical services running while keeping staff and patients safe amid resurgent infections. As we came into the pandemic, we knew we had these plans we created for Ebola. But the reality was, they were not helpful. We had to go back and completely rethink our surge plans for the volumes we were expecting.” “ Click below to watch the video on this page or watch it on our website .