COVID-19 STATE OF FLORIDA FIELD HOSPITAL SYSTEM

CLIENT
Florida Division of Emergency Management

SERVICES

The State of Florida was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with several counties seeing some of the most numerous cases in the nation. With concerns regarding hospital and ICU bed capacity, the State created a system of temporary infectious disease field hospitals to handle any potential surge.

CDR Maguire, Inc. provided hospital management and oversight for four (4) of the infectious disease field hospitals and participated in planning for an additional five (5) that were never opened. Within four (4) days of engagement, CDR helped open, supply and staff 500 beds at two (2) hospitals and an additional 700 beds a weeks later at two (2) additional hospitals, increasing the bed capacity in South Florida by 1,200 beds in under eleven (11) days.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Provide C-Suite oversight and management including a hospital system CEO, CMO, CTO, CNO and COO’s at each hospital location
• Provide ancillary support positions including Admissions, Registration and Discharge, Medical Records, IT, Inventory Management, X-Ray, Radiology,
• Respiratory Therapy, Social Works and Psychologists
• Provide just-in-time supply chain management including initial stocking of the hospitals
• Engagement of Laboratory Services
• Engagement of Pharmacy Services
• Engagement of IV Therapy Services
• Engagement of Radiology Services for Radiology
• Readings
• Supplemental Clinical Staffing
• Interagency and contractor coordination and communication between state term contractors, the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the Department of Health, USACE, and area hospitals
• Provide standard operating procedures guidance and review