Implementation of a Rapid Evidence Assessment Infrastructure during the COVID-19 Pandemic to Develop Policies, Clinical Pathways, Stimulate Academic Research, and Create Educational Opportunities

In early 2020, hospitals across the United States, including Children ’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO), began preparing for the regional impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic via an Incident Command Team (ICT)--a unified approach to hospital operations including the command, control, and coordination of incident management (1-3). The ICT at CHCO recognized the need for a sci entific partnership for rapid uptake and synthesis of quickly accruing medical and public health literature to inform institutional policies and clinical care.

Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - October 19, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Suchitra Rao, Bethany M. Kwan, Donna Curtis, Angela Swanson, Leigh Anne Bakel, Lalit Bajaj, Juri Boguniewicz, Justin Lockwood, Kaleigh Ogawa, Pemberton Katherine, Robert C. Fuhlbrigge, David Brumbaugh, Patricia Givens, Eva Nozik Grayck, Marion R. Sills Tags: AMSPDC Source Type: research