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Designing a critical care solution using in-person and telemedicine approaches in the US-Mexico border area during COVID-19
BACKGROUND: UC San Diego Health System (UCSDHS) is the largest academic medical center and integrated care network in US-Mexico border area of California contiguous to the Northern Baja region of Mexico. The COVID-19 pandemic compelled several UCSDHS and local communities to create awareness around...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8356755/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34396088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2021.100051 |
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author | Ramnath, Venktesh R. Hill, Linda Schultz, Jim Mandel, Jess Smith, Andres Holberg, Stacy Horton, Lucy E. Malhotra, Atul Friedman, Lawrence S. |
author_facet | Ramnath, Venktesh R. Hill, Linda Schultz, Jim Mandel, Jess Smith, Andres Holberg, Stacy Horton, Lucy E. Malhotra, Atul Friedman, Lawrence S. |
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description | BACKGROUND: UC San Diego Health System (UCSDHS) is the largest academic medical center and integrated care network in US-Mexico border area of California contiguous to the Northern Baja region of Mexico. The COVID-19 pandemic compelled several UCSDHS and local communities to create awareness around best methods to promote regional health in this economically, socially, and politically important border area. PURPOSE: To improve understanding of optimal strategies to execute critical care collaborative programs between academic and community health centers facing public health emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the experience of UCSDHS and several community hospitals (one US, two Mexican) in the US-Mexico border region. METHODS: After taking several preparatory steps, we developed a two-phase program that included 1) in-person activities to perform needs assessments, hands-on training and education, and morale building and 2) creation of a telemedicine-based (Tele-ICU) service for direct patient management and/or educational coaching experiences. Findings. A clinical and educational program between academic and community border hospitals was feasible, effective, and well received. CONCLUSION: We offer several policy-oriented recommendations steps for academic and community healthcare programs to build educational, collaborative partnerships to address COVID-19 and other cross-cultural, international public health emergencies. |
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spelling | pubmed-83567552021-08-11 Designing a critical care solution using in-person and telemedicine approaches in the US-Mexico border area during COVID-19 Ramnath, Venktesh R. Hill, Linda Schultz, Jim Mandel, Jess Smith, Andres Holberg, Stacy Horton, Lucy E. Malhotra, Atul Friedman, Lawrence S. Health Policy Open Original Article BACKGROUND: UC San Diego Health System (UCSDHS) is the largest academic medical center and integrated care network in US-Mexico border area of California contiguous to the Northern Baja region of Mexico. The COVID-19 pandemic compelled several UCSDHS and local communities to create awareness around best methods to promote regional health in this economically, socially, and politically important border area. PURPOSE: To improve understanding of optimal strategies to execute critical care collaborative programs between academic and community health centers facing public health emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the experience of UCSDHS and several community hospitals (one US, two Mexican) in the US-Mexico border region. METHODS: After taking several preparatory steps, we developed a two-phase program that included 1) in-person activities to perform needs assessments, hands-on training and education, and morale building and 2) creation of a telemedicine-based (Tele-ICU) service for direct patient management and/or educational coaching experiences. Findings. A clinical and educational program between academic and community border hospitals was feasible, effective, and well received. CONCLUSION: We offer several policy-oriented recommendations steps for academic and community healthcare programs to build educational, collaborative partnerships to address COVID-19 and other cross-cultural, international public health emergencies. Elsevier 2021-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8356755/ /pubmed/34396088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2021.100051 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Ramnath, Venktesh R. Hill, Linda Schultz, Jim Mandel, Jess Smith, Andres Holberg, Stacy Horton, Lucy E. Malhotra, Atul Friedman, Lawrence S. Designing a critical care solution using in-person and telemedicine approaches in the US-Mexico border area during COVID-19 |
title | Designing a critical care solution using in-person and telemedicine approaches in the US-Mexico border area during COVID-19 |
title_full | Designing a critical care solution using in-person and telemedicine approaches in the US-Mexico border area during COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Designing a critical care solution using in-person and telemedicine approaches in the US-Mexico border area during COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Designing a critical care solution using in-person and telemedicine approaches in the US-Mexico border area during COVID-19 |
title_short | Designing a critical care solution using in-person and telemedicine approaches in the US-Mexico border area during COVID-19 |
title_sort | designing a critical care solution using in-person and telemedicine approaches in the us-mexico border area during covid-19 |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8356755/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34396088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2021.100051 |
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