Improvisation in times of pandemic, a reason for reflection

Troya, Jesús; Seijó, Luis; Pérez, Mario; Sentchordi-Montané, Lucía; Martínez-Alcalá, Alvaro

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.038

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“…During the past three years, city and state administrators have been preoccupied with fighting the pandemic. Improvisations in public space reconfiguration have occurred on ad hoc basis, and some as informal projects by volunteer citizens ( Maury-Mora et al, 2022 ; Troya et al, 2020 ). We offer to city mangers an organized list of five most indicated urban innovations that would channel the emergent perspectives among the citizens for self-improvement as well as for becoming better citizens.…”

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Nurturing urban innovation and knowledge in the ongoing COVID-19 world

Mittal

Woodside²

2022

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

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Nurturing urban innovation and knowledge in the ongoing COVID-19 world

Mittal

Woodside²

2022

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

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“…• Faced with all of the above, many of the global health systems had to react immediately and, in most cases, to make plans on the spot without prior evidence, which led to a high rate of improvisation. [35][36][37] The above are some of the situations that most stand out in the context of PV (and in general in health care); in this context, we could state that PV performance during these more than 2 years has left more doubts than answers and in the minds of many stakeholders a feeling of poor participation. Aside from the above, it is important to highlight that today, as never before, the general population is much more aware of PV than before the pandemic.…”

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Impact of risk communication on patient’s safety during the pandemic

Zuluaga-Arias

Alkhakany²,

Younus

et al. 2023

Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety

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More than 2 years has passed since the pandemic was declared in 2019 due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was later declared to be the pathogen causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). During this time, many healthcare systems faced numerous challenges to control the high morbidity and mortality of the disease. Unlike previous pandemics, the actions against this pandemic started quickly on both the global and country levels. These actions were, scientifically, to study the virus as well as transmission process and to develop medications and vaccines against it. Also, we had to protect people from transmission by knowing how best to apply precautionary methods. However, there were some unexpected negative consequences of the pandemic and one of those the World Health Organization (WHO) called ‘infodemic’. This term infodemic refers to the manipulation of a population’s behavior in the assessment of information (or, more accurately, lack of assessment) related to the use of medications, particularly vaccines. Unfortunately, even with positive development in science, there was limited and often contradictory amount of information on the safety and efficacy profile of drugs and vaccines. Therefore, this made it harder for public health agencies to determine the impact of the incidence of adverse reactions and events associated with interventions such as vaccines. Hence, risk communication needs to be emphasized during any pandemic, as ignoring risk communications to different stakeholders could undermine all well-intended therapeutic interventions. Given this, it is important that the different stakeholders involved (health authorities, societies, healthcare professionals, etc.) assess the different behavioral patterns within their respective populations and propose appropriate strategies to act. Such an approach complement having risk management and communication plans for this and future pandemics. The aim of this article is to explore how information management, risk management, and risk communication during the pandemic can provide valuable lessons for the future. Plain language summary Impact of risk communication on patient’s safety during the pandemic More than 2 years have gone by since the pandemic was declared in 2019 due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Many challenges have been confronted by the healthcare system during this time to control the high impact of this disease. This pandemic, unlike others that humanity has faced, is characterized by a special feature: today, we have an enormous amount of information only a click away. This situation has been of great benefit to humanity and has allowed the development of science; nevertheless, misinformation (infodemics) has been a major problem, which has revealed the behavior of the population regarding the evaluation of information (or better, lack of assessment) related to the use of medications and particularly of vaccines. Given this, it is important that the different people involved (health authorities, societies, healthcare professionals, etc.) assess the behavior and propose appropriate strategies to act and have plans for this and future pandemics. This article intends to explore from the authors’ perspective how information management, risk management, and risk communication during the pandemic can provide valuable lessons for the future.

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“…Likewise resilience, improvisation skills contribute to the adaptability to change and is a key capability for health care and to tackle this a range of educational interventions are suggested in the literature to promote improvisation among health students and professionals (Hoffmann-Longtin et al, 2018;Kaplan-Liss et al, 2018;Shochet et al, 2013;Haidet, 2007). Improvisation is especially required during unusual circumstances such as the COVID-19 outbreak (Cox et al, 2021;Rowan and Laffey, 2021;Troya et al, 2020;Wiedner et al, 2020). The unparalleled demands led to innovative responses and improvisation by health-care workers, such as improvised face shields and personal protective equipment (Rowan and Laffey, 2021).…”

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Resilience of Brazilian health-care professionals during the pandemic

Araújo

Siqueira

Amaral

2022

IJQSS

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Purpose Health-care professionals are caring for patients in unprecedented circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic, dealing with scarce resources, higher demand and uncertain outcomes. In this context, the purpose of this study is to explore the views of health-care professionals regarding their work conditions and perceived impacts of the pandemic on their health, as well as the role of resilience and improvisation in face of the new challenges. Design/methodology/approach This exploratory and qualitative study carried out semi-structured interviews with eleven health-care professionals from three Brazilian states that have been working in intensive care settings during the pandemic. Findings The pandemic has posed a great personal and professional burden on the professionals, impacting their physical and mental health. It also has required them greater resilience and improvisation capabilities to adequately perform work-related activities. Practical implications In addition to individual-level attitudes, the results suggest that aspects in the government, society, personal relationships and providers domains influence the effects of the pandemic on the health-care professionals and how they cope with the ongoing crisis. Such a multifactorial approach should therefore be considered by health managers. Originality/value With no similar effort identified, this study emphasizes the relevance of discussing the pandemic burden on frontline professionals and intends to be useful for health practitioners, managers, academics and policymakers.

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Improvisation in times of pandemic, a reason for reflection

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Nurturing urban innovation and knowledge in the ongoing COVID-19 world

Nurturing urban innovation and knowledge in the ongoing COVID-19 world

Impact of risk communication on patient’s safety during the pandemic

Resilience of Brazilian health-care professionals during the pandemic

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