Gynecologic Surgeons Unscrubbed

COVID-19: Cleveland Clinic’s plans for safety, resource optimization, and redeployment

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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

    Email the show: [email protected]

    Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeObGyn @drcaraking @beridgeway

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