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Remodelling elective hospital services in the COVID-19 era – designing the new normal

Author(s) -

Lamin King,

Sandeep S Hothi

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

future healthcare journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2514-6653

pISSN - 2514-6645

DOI - 10.7861/fhj.2020-0079

Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , medicine , herd immunity , new normal , transmission (telecommunications) , elective surgery , healthcare delivery , health care , vaccination , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , disease , immunology , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , surgery , political science , outbreak , electrical engineering , engineering , law

The provision of elective clinical services has decreased during the initial phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to enable hospitals to focus on acute illness. Any end to the pandemic through widespread vaccination, effective treatment or development of herd immunity may be years away. Until then, hospitals will need to resume treating other diseases while also attempting to eradicate transmission of COVID-19 within the healthcare setting. In this article we suggest six major themes which could affect the design and delivery of elective clinical services: hospital avoidance, separation of high- and low-risk groups, screening, maintenance of adequate infection control, and new ways of working.

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