Radiology departments as COVID-19 entry-door might improve healthcare efficacy and efficiency, and emergency department safety

Radiology departments as COVID-19 entry-door might improve healthcare efficacy and efficiency, and emergency department safety

Abstract Background Possible COVID-19 pneumonia patients (ppCOVID-19) generally overwhelmed emergency departments (EDs) during the first COVID-19 wave. Home-confinement and primary-care phone follow-up was the first-level regional policy for preventing EDs to collapse. But when X-rays were needed, t...

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Main Authors: José M. García Santos, Juana M. Plasencia Martínez, Pablo Fabuel Ortega, Marina Lozano Ros, María Carmen Sánchez Ayala, Gloria Pérez Hernández, Pedro Menchón Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-01-01
Series:Insights into Imaging
Subjects:
Coronavirus
COVID-19
Radiology
Emergency medicine
Primary health care
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-020-00954-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-020-00954-8

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