Best Practices on Radiology Department Workflow: Tips from the Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown on an Italian University Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The workload of the radiology department (RD) of a university hospital in northern Italy dramatically changed during the COVID-19 outbreak. The restrictive measures of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown influenced the use of radiological services and particularly in the emergency department (ED).

Methods

Data on diagnostic services from March 2020 to May 2020 were retrospectively collected and analysed in aggregate form and compared with those of the same timeframe in the previous year. Data were sorted by patient type in the following categories: inpatients, outpatients, and ED patients; the latter divided in "traumatic" and "not traumatic" cases.

Results

Compared to 2019, 6449 fewer patients (-32.6%) were assisted in the RD. This decrease was more pronounced for

SUBMITTER: Pellegrino F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9498676 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature