Montefiore Medical Center, an 11-hospital system headquartered in the Bronx, is at the epicenter of New York’s Covid-19 surge. When reviewing early projections, leaders realized they would need to repurpose nearly every inch of their system into an ICU to care for the anticipated influx of critically ill Covid-19 patients. Below, see how they moved from their initial idea to a command center with a 1:50 critical care physician ratio—and their advice for other organizations that want to do the same. |