PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sese, Denise
AU  - Makhoul, Ahed
AU  - Hoeksema, Laura
AU  - Shoemaker, Laura
TI  - The role of palliative care in COVID-19
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc036
DP  - 2020 May 29
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2020/05/20/ccjm.87a.ccc036.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2020/05/20/ccjm.87a.ccc036.full
AB  - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many healthcare systems are experiencing an increased demand for palliative care (PC). To meet this challenge, the PC team at Cleveland Clinic designed an enterprise-wide response plan organized around 4 domains: staff (educational resources and tools), stuff (medications and supplies), space (recommendations for optimizing physical space and facilities), and systems to facilitate high-quality PC delivery to patients. To mitigate isolation during end-of-life care, the Clinic offers “compassionate exceptions” to strict visitation policies, provides personal protective equipment to visitors of these patients, and facilitates virtual visitation via electronic devices.