Lasting Change: Assessing the Potential Long Term Impact of COVID-19
“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court The economic, medical, political and psychological tsunami unleashed by the COVID-19 virus is unlike anything we have seen in our lifetime. The traumatic disruption of 9-11 was limited in comparison to our current crisis. While impossible to […]
Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic and in a Changing Health Care System
The COVID-19 crisis has produced seismic changes in the practice of neurosurgery. For weeks elective surgeries have been eliminated and shelter in place orders implemented. Patients still develop herniated discs with neurologic deficits, present with brain tumors and need neurosurgical treatment. Telemedicine has provided one option for remaining connected to our established patients and caring […]
COVID-19 and Neurosurgery: Response, Adaptation and Action on Behalf of Our Patients
“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee. Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so.” John Donne The COVID-19 pandemic is a generational event. It has disrupted every aspect of modern life. Businesses are shuttered. Schools and universities are closed. Social distancing has altered our normal mores for connecting with our neighbors, friends […]
Telemedicine and the Neurosurgeon
Guest post from Elyne N. Kahn, M.D., M.P.H. Neurosurgery Resident, University of Michigan Health System Dr. McCoy could employ medical holograms to treat complex medical ailments in his Star Trek co-travelers. While we have not realized this technological breakthrough, we have moved in that direction in the form of telemedicine. Telemedicine, defined as the remote […]