Strategies, challenges and opportunities in the implementation of COVID-19 field hospitals: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

COVID-19 has strained healthcare systems, requiring the redesign of their structure, human resource management and clinical approach. Countries have adopted implementation strategies and maximise field hospital functionality to address the issue of overflow of patients with COVID-19. This scoping review was based on the main research question, 'What are the implementation strategies, challenges and opportunities in managing the field hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic?', and aimed to consolidate all recent evidence on COVID-19 field hospital implementation approaches, challenges and potentialities.

Design

Scoping review, following the Arksey and O'Malley's framework, and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Re

SUBMITTER: Hamis AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015674 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature