Collaboration Structures in COVID-19 Critical Care: Retrospective Network Analysis Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few intensive care unit (ICU) staffing studies have examined the collaboration structures of health care workers (HCWs). Knowledge about how HCWs are connected to the care of critically ill patients with COVID-19 is important for characterizing the relationships among team structures, care quality, and patient safety.

Objective

We aimed to discover differences in the teamwork structures of COVID-19 critical care by comparing HCW collaborations in the management of critically ill patients with and without COVID-19.

Methods

In this retrospective study, we used network analysis methods to analyze the electronic health records (EHRs) of 76 critically ill patients (with COVID-19: n=38; without COVID-19: n=38) who were admitted to a large academic medical center,

SUBMITTER: Yan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7942392 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature