Early-Stage Radiology Volume Effects and Considerations with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Adaptations,Risks, and Lessons Learned |
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| Institution: | 1. Chair, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, California;2. Chair, Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Radiology, LLC, Palmetto, Florida;3. Chair, Department of Radiology, New York University, Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York;4. Chair, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;5. Chair, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California;6. University of California, Los Angeles, California;7. University of California, San Diego, California;8. Chair, Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan;9. Chair, Department of Radiology, University of California, Los Angeles, California |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in significant loss of radiologic volume as a result of shelter-at-home mandates and delay of non-time-sensitive imaging studies to preserve capacity for the pandemic. We analyze the volume-related impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on six academic medical systems (AMSs), three in high COVID-19 surge (high-surge) and three in low COVID-19 surge (low-surge) regions, and a large national private practice coalition. We sought to assess adaptations, risks of actions, and lessons learned.MethodsPercent change of 2020 volume per week was compared with the corresponding 2019 volume calculated for each of the 14 imaging modalities and overall total, outpatient, emergency, and inpatient studies in high-surge AMSs and low-surge AMSs and the practice coalition.ResultsSteep examination volume drops occurred during week 11, with slow recovery starting week 17. The lowest total AMS volume drop was 40% compared with the same period the previous year, and the largest was 70%. The greatest decreases were seen with screening mammography and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scans, and the smallest decreases were seen with PET/CT, x-ray, and interventional radiology. Inpatient volume was least impacted compared with outpatient or emergency imaging.ConclusionLarge percentage drops in volume were seen from weeks 11 through 17, were seen with screening studies, and were larger for the high-surge AMSs than for the low-surge AMSs. The lowest drops in volume were seen with modalities in which delays in imaging had greater perceived adverse consequences. |
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| Keywords: | Adaptations COVID-19 pandemic recovery volume |
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