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NYC Health + Hospitals, America's largest public health care system, has weathered large-scale emergencies such as 9/11, Hurricane Sandy, and the 2014 Ebola outbreak, but frontline health care providers quickly realized they were facing an unparalleled threat with COVID-19.
Critically ill patients overwhelmed New York City hospitals as the crisis escalated. At the same time, COVID-19 became an unlikely catalyst for bringing telehealth and other new initiatives to scale. NYC Health + Hospitals transformed each of its hospitals into large ICUs and trained more than 9,000 nurses in just two months to meet the extraordinary demand for patient care. A COVID-19 clinician hotline connected more than 90,000 New Yorkers with accurate and reliable information at a time when 911, EMS, and emergency departments were inundated.
Now that hospitals are bracing for a second wave of COVID-19 infections, many are determined to do things differently.
In an exclusive two-part series from Health Affairs, top health care executives and physicians from NYC Health + Hospitals chronicle their experiences and offer guidance for other health systems responding to the pandemic.
Four journal articles are now available ahead of print, along with a new blog post and podcast interview.
View all of our special coverage on NYC Health + Hospitals and stay tuned for new features coming in July.
Get updates, follow the conversation on Twitter @Health_Affairs, and see our COVID-19 Resource Center for even more timely commentary and expert analysis.
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