Creating a COVID-19 surge clinic to offload the emergency department

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¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: jbaugh@partners.org.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: byun@mgh.harvard.edu.
³ Division of Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: eileen.searle@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: achyn@mghip.edu.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: jbernhardt@partners.org.
⁶ Department of Ambulatory Management, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: kleclair@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁷ Department of Ambulatory Management, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: lhenshawarcher@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: mmlheureux@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: araja@mgh.harvard.edu.
¹⁰ Department of Ambulatory Management, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: ilennes@partners.org.
¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Division of Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: pbiddinger@partners.org.

PMID: 32334896
PMCID: PMC7169904
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.057

Creating a COVID-19 surge clinic to offload the emergency department

Joshua J Baugh et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;38(7):1535-1537.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.057. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

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¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: jbaugh@partners.org.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: byun@mgh.harvard.edu.
³ Division of Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: eileen.searle@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: achyn@mghip.edu.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: jbernhardt@partners.org.
⁶ Department of Ambulatory Management, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: kleclair@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁷ Department of Ambulatory Management, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: lhenshawarcher@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: mmlheureux@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: araja@mgh.harvard.edu.
¹⁰ Department of Ambulatory Management, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: ilennes@partners.org.
¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Division of Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: pbiddinger@partners.org.

PMID: 32334896
PMCID: PMC7169904
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.057

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Keywords: COVID-19; Disaster medicine; Emergency operations.

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**Fig. 1**
The physical set-up of the clinic with patent flow indicated by arrows. RN = Registered Nurse. APP = Advanced Practice Provider. MD = Medical Doctor. Pt = Patient.

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References

1. Cao Y., Li Q., Chen J., Guo X., Miao C., Yang H. Hospital emergency management plan during the COVID-19 epidemic. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 - PMC - PubMed

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