Webinar Series: Confronting COVID-19

Part 2 - Dealing with the Emergency Department amid COVID-19

Date: April 7, 2020

Confronting COVID-19: Finding Hospital Capacity and Improving Patient Flow
A Webinar Series Hosted by PCORI for Hospitals and Health Systems

In Part 2 of this webinar series, presenters described what is occurring in emergency departments amid the COVID-19 outbreak and how they are managing patients and patient flow.

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Speakers

  • Eric Morley, Clinical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, and Deputy Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Stony Brook Medicine
  • Karen Murrell, Clinical Solutions and Operations Advisor, Qventus; Director, Lodi Memorial Hospital
  • Peter Viccellio, Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Stony Brook Medicine

Moderator

  • Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy

Discussants

  • Eugene Litvak, President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Healthcare Optimization
  • Patricia Rutherford, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement