The Statewide Patient Load Balancing Work of Washington State's Medical Operations Coordination Center.
Steven H MitchellMark J TaylorMaria PaulsenStephen C MorrisPublished in: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness (2023)
The WMCC served as an effective tool to carry out patient load balancing activities during the COVID-19 pandemic surge in Washington State. It (the WMCC) has been shown to be an equity enhancing, cost effective means of managing healthcare surge events across a broad geographic region.