Health Care Safety during the Pandemic and Beyond — Building a System That Ensures Resilience
Lee A. Fleisher, Michelle Schreiber, Denise M. Cardo, Arjun Srinivasan
Abstract
Interview with Dr. Lee Fleisher on building a resilient health care delivery system that can maintain high safety levels in times of crisis. (08:30)Download Since the pandemic began, U.S. health care safety has declined severely, suggesting that our system lacks a sufficiently resilient safety culture and infrastructure. We need to build a more resilient delivery system, capable of maintaining high safety levels in crises.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicResilience (materials science)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineSurge CapacityPatient safetyHealth care2019-20 coronavirus outbreakDownloadHealthcare systemSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Medical emergencyEconomic growthVirologyComputer scienceDiseasePhysicsEconomicsThermodynamicsPathologyOperating systemOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)Disaster Response and Management