Will the COVID-19 cloud change pediatric medicine forever?

ABSTRACT

With the United States still in the throes of a pandemic, nearly 400 pediatric health care providers share their struggles in getting patients back to the office, advocating for a COVID-19 vaccine, and working their way toward optimism in the face of the biggest health care challenge of their lives. [...]although the reasons around the pessimism remained the same in both 2013 and 2019 (insufficient time with patients, inadequate reimbursement, and health care reform), this year-no surprise-the top reason was concerns about adequately treating patients with COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). In 2019, when asked what the top 2 challenges to their practice were, 45% of health care providers said transitioning to electronic health records (EHRs) and dealing with insurance (42%) were the greatest obstacles.