Posted on 08/09/2021 10:13:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
ORLANDO—Nurse Darlene Andrews stood before a small crew responsible for stopping the latest pandemic surge from overrunning seven of AdventHealth’s Orlando-area hospitals.
She quickly listed occupancy at each hospital. Six were beyond full capacity, with one at 123% for adults. Nearby wall-mounted screens streaming hospital data showed more than 90 patients—some with Covid-19, some seeking other care—needed beds. One had been waiting more than two days.
A hospital in Altamonte Springs, Fla., and another east of downtown Orlando were the current hot spots, nurse Andrew Stakelum told the group, a team that oversees work that has become critical for U.S. hospitals during each pandemic surge: finding an open bed for severely ill patients. Delays leave patients unstable from Covid-19 or other ailments in dangerous limbo.
Prior surges have helped the team and other staff of AdventHealth’s mission control, which monitors hospital capacity and coordinates transfers, prepare for the latest wave of patients, executives involved in the response said.
The flagship hospital, north of downtown Orlando, took all Covid-19 patients in the spring 2020 surge. That wasn’t possible in the larger surge that followed in July 2020, when mission control staff triaged and moved patients across all seven hospitals.
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The way hospitals are paid is a lump sum on a DRG. A hospital actually loses money the longer the length of stay.
Schools in Central FL are about to open, as well. Hopefully won’t see a surge from that.
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FYI Florida dropped its certificate of need requirements a year and a half ago.
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Maybe they should stop shipping the infected illegals to Florida.
What a novel thought.
These articles always start with an emotional story. Pathetic.
Thanks goodness. I’m not a huge economics or medical expert, so how long does it take for hospital infrastructure to ramp up without this restraint?
There are a ton of hospitals under construction in North Florida — all expected to be open early 2022 amazingly enough.
Competition is a good thing
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Got that right.
I have heard in recent days from people and patients in hospitals in FL (and TN), and they are describing a big, serious uptick in COVID cases. In some cases, apparently, patients have expired in the emergency room while awaiting care.
It is bad right now in Florida, but it’s probably due to sick illegals being dumped off.
Been following you for quite a while now, very informative, helpful to understand.
Your last statement about the SE being at the top now and likely to start down the back side of the curve this week - just wondering what you’re seeing that leads to this “down the curve” comment about the SE??
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This appears to be a triple wave pandemic. The leading indicator is maximum was when the ER visits started to decrease. In general the hospitals that I Work in have decreasing ER visits and we have about 10% less inpatient this week than last week.
A lot of us believe we are on the downside. This was a fairly steep slope so I believe it will be a sharp decline
It looks almost exactly like the UL curve in duration and quantity. UK is generally a pretty good bell weather for us
It was for many years. Thanks for the update.
So it’s improving? Do you think I4 corridor hospitals are on the “downside” too?
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