NYC’s public hospital system publishes textbook on COVID-19 response

August 19, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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CITYWIDE — NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS RELEASED A TEXTBOOK ABOUT THE COVID-19 RESPONSE, fully written and edited by the leadership of the nation’s largest municipal health system. The 400-page book, titled, “The Covid-19 Response in New York City: Crisis Management in the Epicenter of the Epicenter,” covers the pandemic from the frontlines of the response, in the nation’s largest city hit by Covid-19. The book covers how to respond to an unprecedented influx of inpatients, stand up a 24/7 contact tracing operation, distribute hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses, and manage provider burnout during a historic crisis. Writing the textbook were nearly 100 staff members of the city’s public hospitals who participated in the response. Three top administrators edited the book: Laura Iavicoli, M.D., MBA, FACEP, CHEP, the Chief Medical Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst; Syra Madad, DHSc, MSc, MCP, CHEP, Chief Biopreparedness Officer; and Eric Wei, M.D., MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals. Each chapter covers the lessons learned, so healthcare leaders and public health professionals can learn best practices for the next large-scale emergency response, and a vignette from a frontline staffer.

The book is available to purchase from Elsevier and Amazon, with all of the proceeds going to the NYC Health + Hospitals Helping Healers Heal program to support frontline staff through emotional and psychological trauma, second victimization, vicarious trauma and burnout.

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