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But for PPE’s and Telehealth, and of course, the indomitable will and dedication of the staff and patients, COVID-19 aimed to sign off on the epitaph of our healthcare delivery systems. \(~\)
Signature of a system-impacting virus. COVID-19 not only affects and kills people: it also impacts and kills systems. Like all respectable signatures, it is dated–the beginning of March 2020, to be specific, for our organization. Note the sharp drop of a performance indicator, a floor, and recovery phase. Patterns vary. (All images taken from CSVS COVID-19 testing data. The performance index used is daily visits.)
Viola! The signature is revealed. Averaged means does the trick.
System (or subsystem) closed for a while but then started back up by the second week of June 2020. Note incomplete recovery as at year-end.
No complete shut-down but recovery is flat. Note the dip in early December. COVID-19 does not have a monopoly or exclusive on calamities. Our system network nesting our EHR was one of the collateral victims of a major cyberattack in the US, so computing performance was interrupted for the duration.
This subsystem, after surviving the onset of attack, shows signs of further performance dwindling.
This subsystem survived and recovered nicely (only to be hit by the fallout from a national cyberattack in December).
