A5011434020- Disaster Response and Management
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
- Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
Cornell University
2025
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
2020-2025
Columbia University
2025
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2025
Kings County Hospital Center
2020-2022
The King's College
2020
Health Affairs
2020
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
2018-2019
Keck Hospital of USC
2015
New York City has emerged as the global epicenter for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The city's public health system, Health + Hospitals, been key to response because its vulnerable patient population is disproportionately affected by disease. As number of cases rose in city, NYC Hospitals carried out plans greatly expand critical care capacity. Primary intensive unit (ICU) spaces were identified and upgraded needed, new ICU created emergency departments, procedural areas,...
Confronted with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, New York City Health + Hospitals, city's public health care system, rapidly expanded capacity across its eleven acute hospitals and three new field hospitals. To meet unprecedented demand for patient care, NYC Hospitals redeployed staff to areas of greatest need redesigned recruiting, onboarding, training processes. The hospital system engaged private staffing agencies, partnered Department Defense, recruited volunteers...
When patient demand exceeds hospital capacity in certain scenarios, such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, or staffing shortages, the rapid discharge of patients identified through reverse triage methodologies can create surge capacity. The evaluation this concept has been documented numerous resources and studies, but current tools tend to be extensive siloed, which may make them difficult use during emergencies. To prepare largest municipal healthcare system United States for...
Labor actions by healthcare workers are increasing in frequency and quantity, particularly throughout the United States. Regardless of their cause size, these strikes could disrupt normal hospital operations impact patient access to care, quality costs. Strikes resemble other large-scale incidents like natural disasters, pandemics, or terrorist attacks shrinking a hospital's capacity care for patients, forcing hospitals pursue logistically complicated such as finding replacement providers,...
Abstract Introduction: Physicians’ management of hazardous material (HAZMAT) incidents requires personal protective equipment (PPE) utilization to ensure the safety victims, facilities, and providers; therefore, providing effective accessible training in its use is crucial. While an emphasis has been placed on importance PPE, there debate about most methods. Circumstances may not allow for a traditional in-person demonstration; video provide useful alternative. Hypothesis: Video Emergency...
Seizures in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients can be caused by a wide variety of opportunistic infections, and, especially developing countries, tuberculosis (TB) should high on the differential. In India, TB is most common infection HIV and it have several different central nervous system manifestations, including intracranial tuberculomas. this case, an patient presenting with new-onset seizure fever was diagnosed tuberculous meningitis multiple The received standard medications,...
Within weeks of New York State's first confirmed case COVID-19, City became the epicenter nation's COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 80,000 hospitalizations during wave alone, hospitals in downstate were forced to adapt existing procedures manage surge and care for patients facing a novel disease. Given unprecedented surge, effective patient load balancing-moving from hospital with diminishing capacity another within same health system relatively greater capacity-became chief among...
Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2 Mins 23rd November Evaluation of Bacteremia in Febrile Neutropenia and Implications on Antimicrobial Stewardship
Abstract Introduction Recent natural and infrastructural disasters, such as Hurricanes Sandy (2012) Katrina (2005) the Northeastern power outage of 2003, have emphasized need for hospital staff to be trained in disaster management response. Even an internal may require safe efficient evacuation transfer patients with varying medical conditions complications. A notably susceptible population is renal transplant patients, including those post-transplant Hypothesis This descriptive study...
Health SecurityVol. 18, No. 5 CommentaryFree AccessEnvisioning the Post-COVID-19, Pre-Vaccine Emergency DepartmentShaw Natsui, David M. Silvestri, R. James Salway, Laura Iavicoli, Adrienne Birnbaum, Christine Flaherty, Oscar Gonzalez, Michael Bouton, Kim Mendez, Danielle Dibari, Paul Albertson, and Eric K. WeiShaw NatsuiAddress correspondence to: Shaw MD, MPA, Director, Office of Quality Safety, New York City + Hospitals, 125 Worth Street, Suite 427, York, NY 10013 E-mail Address: [email...
Introduction: Currently, there are no universally accepted personal protective equipment (PPE) training guidelines for Emergency Medicine physicians, though many hospitals offer through a brief didactic presentation. Physicians’ response to hazmat events requires PPE utilization ensure the safety of victims, facilities, and providers; providing effective accessible is crucial. In event real disaster, time constraints may not allow in-person presentation an video be only resource available....