The influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical service behaviors.

Wen-Han Chang

Journal: Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology 2020;59(6):821-827

PMID: 33218395

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Abstract

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has greatly impacted medical services worldwide. In addition to changing the processes used by hospital medical services, it has also changed the behaviors of medical staff, resulting in a completely different appearance. Fear of being infected with COVID-19 makes patients fear entering hospitals, and hospitals must repeatedly screen patients prior to entry in order to confirm that they are not infected. Patients are then separated according to their symptoms and travel, occupation, contact and cluster histories (TOCC), which seriously affects them. In addition, hospitals have invested a lot of money into the whole visiting process and into the equipment required to prevent the spread or lessen the impact of COVID-19.

Address: Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Mechatronic Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Emergency, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: [email protected].

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2020.09.007

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MeSH Terms: Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections, Delivery of Health Care, Fear, Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Male, Occupational Stress, Organizational Culture, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral, Professional-Patient Relations, SARS-CoV-2, Work, Workplace