Adapting to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in New York City.

Am J Phys Med Rehabil

From the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

Published: June 2020

The coronavirus disease 2019 has and continues to overwhelm the medical establishment in New York City. It has moved faster and had rates of mortality higher than what were initially forecast. All departments within large hospital systems have had to learn lessons and adapt in real time to the crisis. We share our experience and what we have learned as it pertains to this pandemic and hope that it aides, guides, and influences other departments of physical medicine and rehabilitation regarding their potential roles and areas of growth during this time.

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