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How to Safely Restart Elective Surgeries After a Covid Spike

riskacademy — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:36:09 +0000

Executive Summary

The pandemic has wreaked havoc with health care systems’ surgical staffs. Some clinicians are fatigued and stressed, and many are out of practice. They are having to contend with large backlogs of procedures that were postponed. And they have to contend with the ongoing pandemic, with all its uncertainties. To keep surgical staffs and patients safe during these difficult times, health systems should take four steps: make risk visible; ensure that staffs are abiding by existing procedures and protocols and adopting new ones when the need arises; double down…

Covid-19 Created an Elective Surgery Backlog. How Can Hospitals Get Back on Track?

riskacademy — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:44:41 +0000

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Covid-19 has exposed vulnerabilities in health care systems across the United States and world. To reduce infectious risk to patients and providers, and conserve critical resources — such as personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators, and intensive care (ICU) beds — most states in the U.S. enacted a temporary ban on elective surgery from March through May 2020.

The ban has resulted in a backlog of uncompleted procedures that had been scheduled over this three-month period, as well as a dynamic backlog of surgeries that continue…