Preparing for the surge: How Penn Med is bolstering capacity and staff to brace for COVID-19 cases

Steven Berkow, Advisory Board’s VP of Provider Research, spoke with Patrick J. Brennan, MD CMO and Senior VP at Penn Medicine, about what steps his health system is taking to care for a surge in COVID-19 patients. Penn Medicine is a six-hospital health system, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and Brennan is board certified in infectious disease.