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Stein L, Fraser J, Penzenstadler N et al. USA Today. March 10, 2022.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. March 2, 2022.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization and International Labour Organization; 2022. ISBN 9789240040779.
Diagnostic error has been increasingly recognized as an important and evolving patient safety issue. This Primer applies well-established principles of diagnostic error and improvement of diagnostic accuracy to the topic of COVID-19.
Wamsley L. National Public Radio and WBUR. December 7, 2020.
Jaffe S. Medpage Today. November 25, 2020.
McGaffigan P, Gerwig K, Kingston MB. Healthcare Executive. 2020 Nov;35(6):48-50.
Diagnosis (Berl). 2020;7(4):345-411.
This piece discusses the challenges faced by long-term care facilities in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on visitor restrictions, staffing turnover, and infection prevention and control.
Charles A Crecelius, MD, PhD CMD, is the Medical Director for post-acute care at BJC Medical Group and the Project Medical Director for the Missouri Quality Initiative (MOQI). Lori L Popejoy, PhD, RN, FAAN is an Associate Dean for Innovation and Partnerships and an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing. We discussed with them the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in long-term care facilities.