Covid-19’s Psychological and Physical Impacts on Healthcare Organizations

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Covid-19 has at the moment (6/4/2020) infected 6,563,099 individuals around the world and resulted in 387,568 deaths. covid DCAP The United States has 1,859 135 confirmed infections with 107,450 deaths. Despite the fact that flu is easily transmitted and is very severe, it is not easy to criticize the high mortality rate. Patients are often admitted to hospital for over a week in order to treat flu-related illness.

Covid-19 has four main ways to influence and affect the social, psychological, and community settings. First, there is the direct physical impact. The first is the physical implication. Covid-19 also impacts healthcare systems in a second way. You can think of the temporary hospitals that were built in Italy, as well as New York City. It is not a matter of increasing the number healthcare workers to fight a disease; instead, patients outweigh safe practices in terms of number of nurses and patients. Facilities become overworked, which can lead to increased spread of viruses and other health problems in the community.

Media ‘over-‘ coverage can lead to Covid-19 implications. Awareness is great. However, too much coverage causes fear behavior changes which can lead people to avoid going to the hospital for serious, life-threatening conditions. Individuals suffering from cardio-vascular conditions who need to have their check-ups stopped going. Individuals who are hesitant to go to the ER or urgent care centers suddenly feel the need to take Covid-19 into consideration. Further, people with mental health problems, addictions to drugs, or rehabilitation needs put off seeking help. Fourth, Covid-19 can have an adverse effect on public policy. Non-essential businesses and services are stopped. This has had an impact on the economy, unemployment, and social behaviours in that individuals now have to respond differently.

Covid-19 can have a number of psychological effects. First, healthcare workers need to continue to absorb the changes in their environment. This includes barriers, constant masking, policy changes, and so on. You also have to consider future outbreaks of infection and potential exposures. Their workload is increasing and they are exposed to increased risks due to the hospital opening more procedures. More patients means less resources. Covid-19 causes increased workload as colleagues resign, quit or retire. During Covid-19, hospitals and the CDC began to change the rules regarding acceptable PPE use. covid health FSA PPE strain quickly made it clear that these changes were acceptable. Safety became a major concern. One-use masks couldn’t be used during a whole shift. Isolation gowns could only be used for that portion of the shift. It was the Wild Wild West.