Open AccessCOVID-19 Needs Assessment and Support for Primary Care Practices in Western North Carolina
Author(s) -
Sheri Denslow,
Jill Fromewick,
Kacey Ryan Scott,
Jesse Bossingham,
Brian Cass,
Bryan Hodge,
Erica L. Richman,
Tammy Garrity,
Kathleen Mottus,
Jacqueline R. Halladay
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hca healthcare journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3830
pISSN - 2689-0216
DOI - 10.36518/2689-0216.1157
Subject(s) - telehealth , staffing , personal protective equipment , medicine , phone , pandemic , nursing , rural area , health care , telemedicine , medical emergency , family medicine , covid-19 , political science , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
It is critical to ensure that Primary Care Providers (PCPs) have adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), supplies, training, staffing, and contingency planning during pandemics, particularly in rural areas. In March 2020, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), in collaboration with the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill, rapidly created and conducted a needs assessment of PCPs in western North Carolina (WNC).