Becoming virtual: a preliminary experience of outpatient primary care during COVID-19 pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. This pandemic is transforming the world and has posed exceptional challenges to health care delivery. Saudi Arabia has exerted unprecedented efforts and measures to fight the pandemic. Appreciating the value of primary...

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Autores principales: Karim, Syed Irfan, Irfan, Farhana, Batais, Mohammed Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7864278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33598077
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.262.26574
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Sumario:The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. This pandemic is transforming the world and has posed exceptional challenges to health care delivery. Saudi Arabia has exerted unprecedented efforts and measures to fight the pandemic. Appreciating the value of primary health care during this crisis the family and community medicine department reorganized the services. We discuss the problems faced, solutions and lessons learned in the hope others may find it helpful.

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