Information Overload: A Method to Share Updates among Frontline Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Published: July 2020

Since COVID-19 was classified as a pandemic, the stream of important information from multiple sources is constant and always changing. As the pandemic evolves, the need to report relevant information to frontline providers remains crucial. A 1-page centralized document termed a "quicksheet" was developed to include guidelines, policies, and practical information and to serve as a reference tool for our clinicians. It was updated and distributed frequently, up to once daily. It was initially embraced as an important resource for resident physicians and then quickly adopted by the entire department as a necessary reference and communication tool during the ongoing crisis. The quicksheet has been a beneficial tool to distill and organize the most important and relevant information for frontline staff, and we hope that it can serve as a template for departments and health care workers in other hospital systems to adopt.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0194599820922988DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

frontline staff
8
relevant frontline
8
overload method
4
method share
4
share updates
4
updates frontline
4
staff covid-19
4
covid-19 pandemic
4
pandemic covid-19
4
covid-19 classified
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!