The COVID-19 challenge to cardiac electrophysiologists: optimizing resources at a referral center
| العنوان: | The COVID-19 challenge to cardiac electrophysiologists: optimizing resources at a referral center |
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| المؤلفون: | Felicia Lipartiti, Simone Sala, Pasquale Vegara, Antonio Frontera, Savino Altizio, Manuela Cireddu, Patrizio Mazzone, Caterina Bisceglia, Alessandra Marzi, Gabriele Paglino, Paolo Della Bella, Andrea Radinovic, Lorenzo Cianfanelli, Luca Rosario Limite, Simone Gulletta, Giovanni Peretto, Francesca Baratto, Giuseppe D'Angelo |
| المصدر: | Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Telemedicine, Activities of daily living, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Hub and spoke, Context (language use), 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Physiology (medical), Health care, Pandemic, Medicine, Outpatient clinic, 030212 general & internal medicine, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, COVID-19, medicine.disease, Coronavirus, Electrophysiology, Arrhythmology, Referral center, Medical emergency, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business |
| الوصف: | Purpose To describe how a referral center for cardiac electrophysiology (EP) rapidly changed to comply with the ongoing COVID-19 healthcare emergency. Methods We present retrospective data about the modification of daily activities at our EP unit, following the pandemic outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Italy. In particular, in the context of a pre-existing “hub-and-spoke” network, we describe how procedure types and volumes have changed in the last 3 months. Results Since our institution was selected as a COVID-19 referral center, the entire in-hospital activity was reorganized to assist more than 1000 COVID-positive cases. Only urgent EP procedures, including ventricular tachycardia ablation and extraction of infected devices, were both maintained and optimized to meet the needs of external hospitals. In addition, most of the non-urgent EP procedures were postponed. Finally, following prompt internal reorganization, both outpatient clinics and on-call services underwent significant modification, by integrating telemedicine support whenever applicable. Conclusion We presented the fast reorganization of an EP referral center during the ongoing COVID-19 healthcare emergency. Our hub-and-spoke model may be useful for other centers, aiming at a cost-effective management of resources in the context of a global crisis. |
| تدمد: | 1572-8595 1383-875X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10840-020-00761-7 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::5b63e7cb2e6f5be15019f1be5980fefa https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-020-00761-7 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....5b63e7cb2e6f5be15019f1be5980fefa |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15728595 1383875X |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s10840-020-00761-7 |