Direct access testing (DAT) is an emerging care model that provides on-demand laboratory
services for certain preventative, diagnostic, and monitoring indications. Unlike conventional …

OBJECTIVES: COVID-19 pandemic surges strained hospitals globally. We performed a
systematic review to examine measures of pandemic caseload surge and its impact on …

Importance Transferring patients to other hospitals because of inpatient saturation or need
for higher levels of care was often challenging during the early waves of the COVID-19 …

Strained hospital capacity is associated with adverse patient outcomes. Anecdotal evidence
suggests that during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, some hospitals experienced …

Background: Imbalances between hospital caseload and care resources that strained US
hospitals during the pandemic have persisted after the pandemic amid ongoing staff …

Introduction The Arizona Surge Line was an emergent initiative during the COVID-19
pandemic to facilitate COVID-19 patient transfers and load-level hospitals on a statewide …

Background Challenges with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine prioritization, access, and hesitancy
have influenced vaccination uptake. Research Question Was the impact of SARS-CoV-2 …

Background COVID-19 led to unprecedented inpatient capacity challenges, particularly in
ICUs, which spurred development of statewide or regional placement centers for …

OBJECTIVES: Report on the use of two statewide Medical Operations Coordination Centers
(MOCCs) to manage a rapid surge in pediatric acute and critical care patient needs …

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely stressed the US health care system, with Indigenous
communities experiencing disproportionately high COVID-19 infection and mortality rates. 1 …