1. Navigating shifting waters: rapid response to change in the era of COVID‐19.
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Johnson, Douglas F., Steinfort, Daniel P., and Cowie, Benjamin
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PREVENTION of epidemics ,INFECTIOUS disease transmission ,DIFFUSION of innovations ,EMERGENCY management ,HEALTH services accessibility ,MEDICAL care ,PUBLIC health ,TELEMEDICINE ,COVID-19 - Abstract
The article discusses the impact of the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 on medical practice in 2020. Topics mentioned include expansion in the capacity of public and private pathology services to meet the testing demand, a drop in weekly face-to-face consultations across five Australian Primary Health Networks from February to April 2020, and the cumulative COVID-19 related deaths reported to the World Health Organization from New Zealand and Australia.
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- 2020
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