Lasting lessons learnt in the radiology department from the battle with COVID-19

Hudson, Benjamin; Loughborough, Will; Oliver, Helen; Callow, Mandy; Pressdee, D.J.; Bond, Sam; Freeman, Rachel; Wood, R. J.; Laugharne, Matthew; Hughes-Roberts, Y.; Colliver, R.J.; Robinson, Graham; Rodrigues, Jonathan

doi:10.1016/j.crad.2020.06.001

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“…An initial obstacle in delivering teaching was doing so safely whilst maintaining social distancing rules of individuals being at least 2 m apart. Traditionally, teaching in radiology has been face-to-face "hot-seat" style teaching, which is difficult to achieve in groups whilst adhering to social distancing; however, departments quickly adapted and became familiar with various teleconferencing platforms as a way to hold virtual multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, 6 with the added benefit of being able to be used for virtual teaching sessions. Teaching over teleconference platforms has negated problems with large group teaching whilst maintaining social distancing, and in fact, allows registrars and trainers from across the region to be involved.…”

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“…The global pandemic alone has caused stress and anxiety across the world. For radiology, there have been many changes to workload and working patterns, 6 which for some has meant returning to clinical medicine, with very little time for mental or physical preparation. Changes at work will undoubtedly have had an impact on wellbeing, and in some reported cases, those have been for the better.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on UK radiology training: a questionnaire study

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To understand the impact of COVID-19 on radiology trainee experience and well-being. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A questionnaire designed to capture the impact of COVID-19 on radiology training, working patterns, and well-being was sent to all speciality trainees in a regional UK radiology school. The survey was distributed at the beginning of May 2020 and responses collected over 2 weeks. Trainees were questioned about changes that had occurred over a time period starting at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. All survey responses (n¼29) were anonymised and the results were subsequently analysed. RESULTS: Sixty-two percent (29 of 47) of trainees within the deanery, who were spread across seven different hospital sites, responded to the questionnaire. All trainees felt that overall radiology workload had decreased in response to COVID-19. Seventy-two percent (21/ 29) stated that their workload had significantly decreased. Seventy percent (19/27) reported decreased subspecialty experience, and 19% (5/27) reported a complete lack of subspecialty training. Twenty-four percent (7/29) of trainees were redeployed from radiology to clinical ward-based work. Forty-eight percent reported experiencing a worsening in their well-being compared to before the pandemic. CONCLUSION: The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on training and well-being. Lessons learnt from this report should help prepare for a second-wave of COVID-19 or future pandemics.

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“…This largely unanticipated low point presented near term financial challenges for many practices markedly reducing working cash available to pay salaries and benefits, and to provide resources to support staff and routine clinical operations. For many, this financial crisis set in motion a series of predefined and carefully considered responses (4). Academic practices were faced with reprioritizing their tripartite missions.…”

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Enabling Your Radiology Business to Thrive Strategic Lessons Learned During the Initial and Subsequent Surges of the Covid-19 Pandemic

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The Covid-19 pandemic surges of 2020 resulted in major operational, personal, and financial impacts on US radiology practices. In response, a series of strategic and intentional operational changes were implemented, varying by practice size, structure and model. In reviewing the many business lessons that we learned during the pandemic, it became clear that for a business to be successful, a host of additional supportive factors are necessary. In addition to timely expense reductions, optimizing revenue capture and close monitoring and management of cash and reserves available for use, we also consider effective leadership and communication strategies, maintenance of a healthy and adequately staffed team, support for a remote work environment and flexible staffing models. Other ingredients include effectively embracing digital media for communications, careful attention to current and new stakeholders and the service delivered to them, understanding federal and state regulatory changes issued in response to the pandemic, close collaboration with the Human Resources office, and an early focus on redesigning your future practice structure and function, including disaster and downtime planning. This review aims to share lessons to enable leaders of an imaging enterprise to be better prepared for similar and future surges.

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“…Sir —We read with great interest the articles from Hudson et al. 1 and Tsou el al., 2 which outlined how an English radiology department and radiology departments in Singapore met the challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. Both articles mentioned the change in the delivery of the multidisciplinary team meeting (MDM), a cornerstone of the management and coordination of patient care and an important part of a radiology department's workload.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on UK radiology training: a questionnaire study

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