New Amsterdam

Season 1 Episode 1

Pilot

Air date: Sep 25, 2018

Medical Cases in This Episode

These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.

2 cases identified

Case 1

Understaffed Public Hospital

Max takes over an understaffed, underfunded public hospital.

Episode shows
Max takes over an understaffed, underfunded public hospital.
Clinical takeaway
Understaffed Public Hospital is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, diagnostic, systems, ethics, or patient-safety scenario.
Accuracy 3.5/5understaffed-public-hospitalhospital-medicinepatient-safety

Case 2

Ebola-Capable Hospital

The hospital is described as capable of treating Ebola patients.

Episode shows
The hospital is described as capable of treating Ebola patients.
Clinical takeaway
Ebola-Capable Hospital is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, diagnostic, systems, ethics, or patient-safety scenario.
Accuracy 3.6/5ebola-capable-hospitalhospital-medicinepatient-safety

About the Episode

Inspired by the oldest public hospital in America, this unique medical drama follows the brilliant and charming Dr. Max Goodwin, the institution's newest medical director who sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care. How can he help? Well, the doctors and staff have heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin must disrupt the status quo and prove he will stop at nothing to breathe new life into this understaffed, underfunded and underappreciated hospital - the only one in the world capable of treating Ebola patients, prisoners from Rikers and the President of the United States under one roof - and return it to the glory that put it on the map.

Medical Relevance

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The Medical Verdict

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