The Important Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Reorganization of a Rehabilitation Unit in a National Healthcare System Hospital in Italy: Lessons From Our Experience.
COVID-19
Health Services Needs and Demand
/ organization & administration
Humans
Italy
National Health Programs
/ organization & administration
Organizational Innovation
Referral and Consultation
/ organization & administration
Rehabilitation Centers
/ organization & administration
Telemedicine
/ organization & administration
Journal
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
ISSN: 1537-7385
Titre abrégé: Am J Phys Med Rehabil
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8803677
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 04 2021
01 04 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
27
1
2021
medline:
24
3
2021
entrez:
26
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Since March 2020, when COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the world's healthcare systems' main concern has been fighting the pandemic. However, patients with other diseases, also requiring rehabilitation evaluations and treatments, continued to need care. Our rehabilitation unit managed to maintain contact with patients through alternative communication methods even during the lockdown period and in a situation of staff shortage. If face-to-face evaluations and treatments were necessary, preventive measures were followed to avoid hospital-associated contagion. Rehabilitation beds were cleared to leave them to the acute wards, and consultations for the acute care patients were carried out using personal protective equipment. In the future, the lessons from our experience could contribute toward drawing a plan of measures applicable in similar situations and some of these actions could become part of the rehabilitative practice.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33496441
doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001707
pii: 00002060-202104000-00004
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
327-330Informations de copyright
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