Response to COVID-19: Minimizing Risks, Addressing Challenges and Maintaining Operations in a Complex Academic Radiology Department

Ivan Pedrosa; Travis Browning; Jeannie K. Kwon; Michael Morriss; Lacy Matsler; Marco C. Pinho; Daniel Lamus; Anil Pillai; Sweta Patel Karow; Jon Garinn; Cecelia Brewington; Eric Zeikus; Neil M. Rofsky

doi:10.1097/RCT.0000000000001040

Response to COVID-19: Minimizing Risks, Addressing Challenges and Maintaining Operations in a Complex Academic Radiology Department

Ivan Pedrosa, Travis Browning, Jeannie K. Kwon, Michael Morriss, Lacy Matsler, Marco C. Pinho, Daniel Lamus, Anil Pillai, Sweta Patel Karow, Jon Garinn, Cecelia Brewington, Eric Zeikus, Neil M. Rofsky

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has necessitated rapid response plans to minimize risks of infection in the workforce while ensuring maintenance of essential functions of radiology departments. Plan adoption is, however, challenged by the need to coordinate with institutional efforts, a rapidly expanding number of patients, and the diversity of clinical and administrative functions in the department. Here, we describe the implementation of a response plan in an academic radiology department, challenges encountered, and tactics used to address these challenges.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	479-484
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of computer assisted tomography
Volume	44
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/RCT.0000000000001040
State	Published - 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
PACS
radiology department
remote reading
residents
response plan

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Pedrosa, I., Browning, T., Kwon, J. K., Morriss, M., Matsler, L., Pinho, M. C., Lamus, D., Pillai, A., Karow, S. P., Garinn, J., Brewington, C., Zeikus, E., & Rofsky, N. M. (2020). Response to COVID-19: Minimizing Risks, Addressing Challenges and Maintaining Operations in a Complex Academic Radiology Department. Journal of computer assisted tomography, 44(4), 479-484. https://doi.org/10.1097/RCT.0000000000001040

Pedrosa, I , Browning, T , Kwon, JK , Morriss, M, Matsler, L, Pinho, MC , Lamus, D , Pillai, A, Karow, SP, Garinn, J, Brewington, C , Zeikus, E & Rofsky, NM 2020, 'Response to COVID-19: Minimizing Risks, Addressing Challenges and Maintaining Operations in a Complex Academic Radiology Department', Journal of computer assisted tomography, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 479-484. https://doi.org/10.1097/RCT.0000000000001040

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