Northwell opened a 16-bed unit at Glen Cove (N.Y.) Hospital and an 11-bed unit at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y.
The units will house recovering COVID-19 patients who’ve had severe muscle loss due to long-term ventilation. Staff members will provide more individualized care for these patients than traditional rehab facilities, including ventilator-weaning and physical, occupational and speech therapy.
The goal is to move these patients to a more traditional rehab facility after a few weeks.
The units are also designed to ease stress for clinicians working in intensive care units and help them return to normal operating conditions.
More articles on patient flow:
New York hospital speeds up plan to close ED
How a California hospital is calming patient coronavirus fears, encouraging ED visits
Overprepared for COVID-19 surges but not sorry, hospital leaders say
