Lessons Learned, Lessons Unlearned, Lessons for the Future

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Steven Hollenberg, Emory University; David R Janz, Louisiana State University; May Hua, Columbia University; Mark Malesker, Creighton University; Nida Qadir, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center; Bram Rochwerg, McMaster University; Curtis N Sessler, Virginia Commonwealth Univ Hlth Syst; Geneva Tatem, Henry Ford Health, Detroit; Todd W Rice, Vanderbilt University
• Language: English
• Date: 2022-12-06
• Publisher: ELSEVIER
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2022 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2022.08.002
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: CHEST
• Volume: 162
• Issue: 6
• Start Page: 1297
• End Page: 1305
• Keywords: PHYSICIANS; Critical Care Medicine; CHOOSING WISELY(R); Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; CRITICAL-CARE; ASSOCIATION; Respiratory System; MORTALITY; General & Internal Medicine
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Public Health

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected clinicians in many different ways. Clinicians have their own experiences and lessons that they have learned from their work in the pandemic. This article outlines a few lessons learned from the eyes of CHEST Critical Care Editorial Board members, namely practices which will be abandoned, novel practices to be adopted moving forward, and proposed changes to the health care system in general. In an attempt to start the discussion of how health care can grow from the pandemic, the editorial board members outline their thoughts on these lessons learned.