Managing a Specialty Service During the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons From a New York City Health System.
Journal
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
ISSN: 1938-808X
Titre abrégé: Acad Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8904605
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2020
10 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
19
4
2020
medline:
21
10
2020
entrez:
19
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched health care resources to a point of crisis throughout the world. To answer the call for care, health care workers in a diverse range of specialties are being retasked to care for patients with COVID-19. Consequently, specialty services have had to adapt to decreased staff available for coverage coupled with a need to remain available for specialty-specific emergencies, which now require a dynamic definition. In this Invited Commentary, the authors describe their experiences and share lessons learned regarding triage of patients, staff safety, workforce management, and the psychological impact as they have adapted to a new reality in the Department of Neurosurgery at Montefiore Medical Center, a COVID-19 hot spot in New York City.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32304386
doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003440
pmc: PMC7188067
pii: 00001888-202010000-00017
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1495-1498Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
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