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Brief (30-120 second) outreach/education videos on website & social media. (Colorado)
Removing most of the chairs in our waiting room. (Delaware)
Incorporated specialists into visits, made possible because we are on Zoom. (Georgia)
Separate well visits from sick at specific times to encourage patients to get their well visits. (Maryland)
The "I can do 4-6 weeks of this" transition to "this feels like a new/permanent normal" is crushing and demoralizing. Ways to build morale when everyone is at a computer workstation away from other staff (and patients) feels impossible. (Ohio)
I am seeing a counselor regularly, and clearly have compassion fatigue. Pain from the daily treadmill, crying because of the broken system locally and fractured national disaster, knowing how different it could be. (Virginia)
March-June the stress level was constant and severe. I had a physical and emotional meltdown in June and had to take a week off. Emotional exhaustion has also been affected by a physician colleague's suicide in May. (Oregon)
Very challenging. It is so difficult to educate patients on prevention of spread when government officials contradict us. It seems, at times, like a hopeless mess. I will continue to try to educate my patients and anyone who will listen though. (Illinois)
Fight for telemed to stay reimbursed after pandemic. It has helped us improve chronic care for our diabetes especially. (Texas)
My biggest fear is the financial impact. I am hoping we can make it thru the next few months and not have to close. (New Mexico)
Increased costs for PPE but no increase in reimbursement. Other groups like dentists can charge insurance companies and patients to make up the cost. Seems like should get some additional funding from insurance companies. (New Jersey)
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