All Hands on Deck – Healthcare Heroism During COVID-19

How do healthcare teams at a large University hospital handle daily patient care during the time of a global pandemic and immense stress? Dr. Craig Rackley, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke, depicts the measures that he and his fellow practitioners are taking to reserve resources such as PPE in order to work as safely and efficiently as possible during this time.
Dr. Rackley also delves into the strategic changes that his team has put into place in order to mitigate risk and what the future of healthcare systems and practices will look like following this crisis. Furthermore, Craig highlights some of the silver linings that have already come to light during this unprecedented time.
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