The Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by the Arthroplasty Divisions at Two Academic Referral Centers.
J Arthroplasty
; 35(7S): S10-S14, 2020 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-97471
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has created widespread changes across all of health care. As a result, the impacts on the delivery of orthopedic services have been challenged. To ensure and provide adequate health care resources in terms of hospital capacity and personnel and personal protective equipment, service lines such as adult reconstruction and lower limb arthroplasty have stopped or substantially limited elective surgeries and have been forced to re-engineer care processes for a high volume of patients. Herein, we summarize the similar approaches by two arthroplasty divisions in high-volume academic referral centers in (1) the cessation of elective surgeries, (2) workforce restructuring, (3) phased delivery of outpatient and inpatient care, and (4) educational restructuring.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Arthroplasty
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Coronavirus Infections
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Arthroplasty
Journal subject:
Orthopedics
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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