The Impact of COVID-19 on Future Orthopaedic Practice
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Rishi M Kanna1, S Rajasekaran1
1Department of Orthopedics and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted global healthcare systems, creating challenges for medical professionals and threatening healthcare delivery. This review examines the pandemic
Area of Science:
- Medicine
- Public Health
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented global challenges to healthcare systems, economies, and human survival.
- Healthcare professionals are at the forefront of combating the disease while facing significant operational and safety concerns.
- The pandemic has disrupted various aspects of healthcare, including tele-healthcare, education, and economic sustainability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide a broad perspective on the current COVID-19 pandemic.
- To analyze the multifaceted implications of the pandemic on the healthcare industry.
- To explore the future impact of the pandemic on orthopaedic practice.
Main Methods:
- This study offers a comprehensive review and perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic's effects.
- It synthesizes current information regarding healthcare challenges and disruptions.
- The authors analyze the specific implications for orthopaedic practice.
Main Results:
- The pandemic has created a dual crisis for healthcare: direct patient care and systemic industry challenges.
- Key issues include healthcare personnel safety, tele-healthcare efficacy, economic viability, and educational continuity.
- Significant disruptions are anticipated for orthopaedic practice in the near future.
Conclusions:
- The COVID-19 pandemic poses complex and far-reaching challenges to the global healthcare sector.
- Addressing these challenges requires strategic planning for safe healthcare delivery and operational resilience.
- The future of orthopaedic practice necessitates adaptation to the evolving healthcare landscape shaped by the pandemic.
Abstract:
No single event hitherto has stumped the world more significantly than the present Corona pandemic. In a short span of a few months, the world economy, healthcare, livelihood, and human survival have been direly threatened by the rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and fatalities. While dispensations across the world are finding ways to tackle the pestilence, the medical fraternity faces a unique conundrum. On the one side, the health care team is at the forefront fighting the disease and saving patients from the grip of death. On the other side, the healthcare industry is facing a crisis in terms of safety of healthcare personnel, difficulties in online tele-healthcare, economic sustainability, challenges in healthcare education and other problems in safe health care delivery. The authors provide a broad perspective at the current pandemic and its implications on orthopaedic practice in the near future.
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