Deep Dive: Goals of Patient Care, Leadership, & Patient Flow

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The Director of Critical Care Institute for Mount Sinai Health System, Rupa Kohlisath, discusses patient flow and the benefits of having a critical care organization. Mount Sinai Health System is one of New York City's largest health systems and has eight hospitals with ICU beds. The Institute for Critical Care Medicine (ICCM) is a critical care organization with a physician leader that governs majority of ICUs. Having a critical care organization has led to coordinated clinical processes and workflows across ICUs and specialties, a unified critical care staff with training in various specialties, a centralized governance system, shared resources, and established critical care teams and services. Kohlisath describes several tools and programs used to manage patient flow, such as the rapid response team, step-down support team, respiratory recovery pathway, and vascular access service. She also discusses how the health system has adapted during strain and crisis situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, by cross-credentialing staff, redeploying personnel, and expanding critical care capacity. The success of the Institute for Critical Care Medicine lies in its ability to centralize and streamline patient flow processes, adapt to challenges, and leverage technology and innovation.

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Roopa Kohli-Seth

Keywords

patient flow

critical care organization

ICU beds

coordinated clinical processes

unified critical care staff

centralized governance system

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