Perhaps the worst way a leader can respond to the current surge of COVID-19 is with an exaggerated sense of familiarity... beckershospitalreview.com, 7 ways this COVID-19 surge is different, Molly Gamble and Gabrielle Masson, 2021
Although communities have before experienced growing positivity rates, cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19, the summer 2021 surge involves some new or evolved factors that are worthy of consideration for leaders to best respond to the needs of their teams, patients and communities.
COVID-19 surges may not be new for hospitals or health systems, but here are seven reasons the one unfolding now differs from those before.