Dr. Erin Kane interviews patient flow experts Dr. Eugene Litvak, Dr. Peter Viccellio, and Hallie Kreul on the topic of the post-COVID surgical backlog and inpatient capacity. Tune in to hear how some hospitals have leveraged surgical smoothing to achieve the impossible dream: increased surgical bandwidth, abundant revenues, and timely care for ER patients. 

Dr. Litvak and colleagues recently published on this topic in the Annals of Surgery: https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/9000/How_Hospitals_can_Save_Lives_and_Themselves_.93645.aspx

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Making Up For Lost Time: How Hospitals are Coping with the COVID Surgical Backlog and Winning

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