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COVID-19 , Case Management/legislation & jurisprudence , Case Management/organization & administration , Delivery of Health Care/legislation & jurisprudence , Delivery of Health Care/standards , Health Services Accessibility/legislation & jurisprudence , Health Services Accessibility/standards , Guidelines as Topic , Health Policy , Humans , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , SARS-CoV-2 , United StatesSubject(s)
Aging , COVID-19/therapy , Case Management/organization & administration , Case Management/statistics & numerical data , Case Managers/supply & distribution , Case Managers/statistics & numerical data , Personnel Loyalty , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , United StatesABSTRACT
The year 2020 was a time of uncertainties and unpredictability. In this issue of Professional Case Management Journal, 2 articles discuss the issues of prolonged grief, complicated grief, and self-care.
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Attitude of Health Personnel , COVID-19/mortality , COVID-19/psychology , Case Management/organization & administration , Case Managers/psychology , Grief , Self Care/psychology , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Methods: We hereby provide a systematic description of the response actions in which the public health residents' workforce was pivotal, in a large tertiary hospital. Background: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic has posed incredible challenges to healthcare workers worldwide. The residents have been affected by an almost complete upheaval of the previous setting of activities, with a near total focus on service during the peak of the emergency. In our Institution, residents in public health were extensively involved in leading activities in the management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic. Results: The key role played by residents in the response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic is highlighted by the diversity of contributions provided, from cooperation in the rearrangement of hospital paths for continuity of care, to establishing and running new services to support healthcare professionals. Overall, they constituted a workforce that turned essential in governing efficiently such a complex scenario. Conclusions: Despite the difficulties posed by the contingency and the sacrifice of many training activities, Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic turned out to be a unique opportunity of learning and measuring one's capabilities and limits in a context of absolute novelty and uncertainty.
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COVID-19/epidemiology , Internship and Residency , Pandemics , Public Health Administration , Public Health/education , SARS-CoV-2 , Asymptomatic Infections , COVID-19/diagnosis , COVID-19/prevention & control , COVID-19/therapy , COVID-19 Testing , Case Management/organization & administration , Emergency Medical Services/organization & administration , Emergency Medical Services/supply & distribution , Health Personnel , Health Services Needs and Demand , Humans , Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient/prevention & control , Italy , Mass Screening , Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/organization & administration , Population Surveillance , Preoperative Care , Quarantine , Role , Self-Assessment , Software Design , Tertiary Care Centers/organization & administration , WorkforceSubject(s)
Case Management/organization & administration , Coronavirus Infections , Mental Disorders/psychology , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral , Telemedicine , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Humans , Mental Disorders/therapy , Mental Health , Mental Health Services/organization & administration , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , SARS-CoV-2Subject(s)
Case Management/organization & administration , Contact Tracing , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Pandemics/prevention & control , Patient Isolation , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Basic Reproduction Number , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/transmission , Humans , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/transmission , Quarantine , SARS-CoV-2 , TravelABSTRACT
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO on March 11, 2020, the first non-influenza pandemic, affecting more than 200 countries and areas, with more than 5·9 million cases by May 31, 2020. Countries have developed strategies to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic that fit their epidemiological situations, capacities, and values. We describe China's strategies for prevention and control of COVID-19 (containment and suppression) and their application, from the perspective of the COVID-19 experience to date in China. Although China has contained severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and nearly stopped indigenous transmission, a strong suppression effort must continue to prevent re-establishment of community transmission from importation-related cases. We believe that case finding and management, with identification and quarantine of close contacts, are vitally important containment measures and are essential in China's pathway forward. We describe the next steps planned in China that follow the containment effort. We believe that sharing countries' experiences will help the global community manage the COVID-19 pandemic by identifying what works in the struggle against SARS-CoV-2.