Economic Recovery After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Resuming Elective Orthopedic Surgery and Total Joint Arthroplasty.
J Arthroplasty
; 35(7S): S32-S36, 2020 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-143055
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis are not like anything the U.S. health care system has ever experienced.METHODS:
As we begin to emerge from the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to plan the sustainable resumption of elective procedures. We must first ensure the safety of our patients and surgical staff. It must be a priority to monitor the availability of supplies for the continued care of patients suffering from COVID-19. As we resume elective orthopedic surgery and total joint arthroplasty, we must begin to reduce expenses by renegotiating vendor contracts, use ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient departments in a safe and effective manner, adhere to strict evidence-based and COVID-19-adjusted practices, and incorporate telemedicine and other technology platforms when feasible for health care systems and orthopedic groups to survive economically.RESULTS:
The return to normalcy will be slow and may be different than what we are accustomed to, but we must work together to plan a transition to a more sustainable health care reality which accommodates a COVID-19 world.CONCLUSION:
Our goal should be using these lessons to achieve a healthy and successful 2021 fiscal year.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Elective Surgical Procedures
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
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Joints
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Arthroplasty
Journal subject:
Orthopedics
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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