Rapid Reorganization of an Academic Infectious Diseases Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Detroit: A Novel Unit-Based Group Rounding Model

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases
• Main Authors: Vahia, Amit, Chaudhry, Zohra S, Kaljee, Linda, Parraga-Acosta, Tommy, Gudipati, Smitha, Maki, Gina, Tariq, Zain, Shallal, Anita, Nauriyal, Varidhi, Williams, Jonathan D, Suleyman, Geehan, Abreu-Lanfranco, Odaliz, Chen, Anne, Yared, Nicholas, Herc, Erica, McKinnon, John E, Brar, Indira, Bhargava, Pallavi, Zervos, Marcus, Ramesh, Mayur, Alangaden, George
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Viewpoints

The surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalizations at our 877-bed quaternary care hospital in Detroit led to an emergent demand for Infectious Diseases (ID) consultations. The traditional one-on-one consultation model was untenable. Therefore, we rapidly restructured our ID division t...