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Leveraging COVID-19–Inspired Changes to Advance Otolaryngology—Here to Stay

Leveraging COVID-19–Inspired Changes to Advance Otolaryngology—Here to Stay Opinion EDITORIAL Leveraging COVID-19–Inspired Changes to Advance Otolaryngology— Here to Stay Samir S. Khariwala, MD, MS; Heather M. Weinreich, MD, MPH; Edward D. McCoul, MD, MPH; Evan Graboyes, MD; David O. Francis, MD; Cristina Baldassari, MD; David M. Poetker, MD; David E. Tunkel, MD; Louise Davies, MD, MS Beyond any doubt, it is clear that the worldwide coronavirus COVID-19 changes extend to care of the voice and facial plas- tic surgery. In both, telehealth platforms allow for routine disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has rattled the sphere of health care in an unprecedented manner. Physicians, other cli- follow-up, voice therapy, or wound assessment as we work to nicians, and leaders of health care institutions have been thrust limit exposure during future outbreaks. into previously unfathom- We surmise that each subspecialty within otolaryngol- able situations in which the ogy will be affected in unique ways. In the case of head and Related articles pages 671 and urgent needs of patients are neck oncology, for example, clinicians have been forced to pri- 672, and 608 deferred, clinicians are at risk oritize urgent cancer cases like never before. While an order of acute disease and even death, and non–COVID-19–related of priority has been http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2020 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
2168-6181
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2168-619X
DOI
10.1001/jamaoto.2020.1188
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Abstract

Opinion EDITORIAL Leveraging COVID-19–Inspired Changes to Advance Otolaryngology— Here to Stay Samir S. Khariwala, MD, MS; Heather M. Weinreich, MD, MPH; Edward D. McCoul, MD, MPH; Evan Graboyes, MD; David O. Francis, MD; Cristina Baldassari, MD; David M. Poetker, MD; David E. Tunkel, MD; Louise Davies, MD, MS Beyond any doubt, it is clear that the worldwide coronavirus COVID-19 changes extend to care of the voice and facial plas- tic surgery. In both, telehealth platforms allow for routine disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has rattled the sphere of health care in an unprecedented manner. Physicians, other cli- follow-up, voice therapy, or wound assessment as we work to nicians, and leaders of health care institutions have been thrust limit exposure during future outbreaks. into previously unfathom- We surmise that each subspecialty within otolaryngol- able situations in which the ogy will be affected in unique ways. In the case of head and Related articles pages 671 and urgent needs of patients are neck oncology, for example, clinicians have been forced to pri- 672, and 608 deferred, clinicians are at risk oritize urgent cancer cases like never before. While an order of acute disease and even death, and non–COVID-19–related of priority has been

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JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck SurgeryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jul 28, 2020

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