COVID-19: Cleveland Clinic’s plans for safety, resource optimization, and redeployment
Gynecologic Surgeons Unscrubbed
English - March 31, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science Life Sciences benignsurgery caraking endometriosis gynecologicsurgery gynecology hysterectomy minimallyinvasivesurgery surgery unscrubbed Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On March 27, 2020, Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) hosts Beri Ridgeway, MD, (@beridgeway) Institute Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Cleveland Clinic.
They discuss:
Ohio’s state of affairs regarding COVID-19
Testing sites and tests completed to date
Who can be tested for COVID-19, based on allocation of resources and underlying conditions
The virtual approach to testing using telephones, FaceTime, and Google Duo
Insurance coverage of virtual visits and charity care
In-patient and out-patient visitation policy and hospital entrance checkpoints
Wearing masks: current evidence-based approach
COVID-19 modeling for Cleveland Clinic: contingency plans for worst-case scenarios
Reducing nonessential operations
COVID-19 preparations with many unknowns
Elective surgeries: the slowdown of operations
Supertracking GYN and early OB patients in a COVID-19 hot zone
Redeployment strategy for now low-volume providers, including ObGyns
Supporting staff emotionally
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This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
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