2023
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lung Cancer Screening Processes in a Northeast Tertiary Health Care Network
Udelsman B, Detterbeck F, Tanoue L, Mase V, Boffa D, Blasberg J, Dhanasopon A, Ely S, Mazzarelli L, Bader A, Woodard G. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lung Cancer Screening Processes in a Northeast Tertiary Health Care Network. Journal Of Computer Assisted Tomography 2023, 48: 222-225. PMID: 37832536, DOI: 10.1097/rct.0000000000001549.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth care networkLung cancer screening processLung cancer screening programsCare networkCancer screening programsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicComputed tomography scanCOVID-19 hospitalizationCOVID-19 surgeCancer screening processDisease 2019 pandemicLung cancer diagnosisHealth care systemAverage hospitalizationRadiology databaseLung cancerTomography scanScreening programCare systemCancer diagnosisMonthsHospitalizationCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicPandemic
2020
Pandemic Recovery Using a COVID-Minimal Cancer Surgery Pathway
Boffa DJ, Judson BL, Billingsley KG, Galetta D, Fontanez P, Odermatt C, Lindner K, Mitchell MR, Henderson CM, Carafeno T, Pinto J, Wagner J, Ancuta M, Beley P, Turner AL, Banack T, Laurans MS, Johnson DC, Yoo P, Morton JM, Zurich H, Davis K, Ahuja N. Pandemic Recovery Using a COVID-Minimal Cancer Surgery Pathway. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 110: 718-724. PMID: 32417195, PMCID: PMC7227551, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgery pathwayHospital-acquired COVID-19 infectionLarge academic medical centerCOVID-19 patientsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicCOVID-19 infectionPatient care pathwayAcademic medical centerDisease 2019 pandemicHealth care deliveryOnly surgerySurgery populationElective surgeryPatient survivalRisk of exposureProtection of patientsCare pathwayNosocomial infectionsMedical CenterCare deliverySurgical activityHospitalPatientsSurgeryMost hospitals