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Embracing healthcare delivery challenges during a pandemic. review from a nodal designated COVID-19 center in qatar
Hospitals and healthcare systems are instrumental in the formulation and delivery of a coordinated response to disaster management especially epidemics. In healthcare policy and strategy formation there are only trade-offs which with uncertainty are akin to gambles. National organizations play a key role in pandemics through the expression of physician motivation. Effective strategies can facilitate physician action through economies of scale that lower the costs for physicians to meet both community and patients' needs. Moreover no matter how well clinicians are motivated and positioned to act their collective actions are likely to fall short without complementary systems for population-based care that require the operational support of an organization. This review of institutional policy implementation and frameworks intends to highlight how a nodal-designated COVID-19 center in Qatar managed to control the menace by altering its procedural sets and work arrangements to augment an integrated intrinsic response to a briskly emerging conceivably complex situation. This outcome was achieved under the guidance of a national leadership team effectively adapted to its specific challenges by building on current medical evidence management routines proficiencies and health system capacity. This ambitious drive started with the cohesion of services and implementation of evidence-based protocols by assigning a physician-led team to research strategize and organize improved patient flow and information by arranging analytical compliance and preparedness. Through these service approaches and ongoing efforts HMGH has realized significant outcome improvements such as increasing capacity building reducing healthcare waste and increasing patient satisfaction rates whilst successfully achieving significantly lower COVID-19 mortality both in terms of absolute numbers and as percent population compared to many developed countries in the world. The strategies outlined in this article might not be all-inclusive or fit other healthcare system models but they generate a veritable interest to pursue and be subjected to further rigorous study.