Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Practical Guide to Rapidly Deploying Home Workstations to Guarantee Radiology Services During Quarantine, Social Distancing, and Stay Home Orders

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 Dec;215(6):1417-1420. doi: 10.2214/AJR.20.23297. Epub 2020 Jun 30.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to share an experience in the rapid deployment of home workstations that illustrates a creative solution that transcended typical administrative barriers. CONCLUSION. In response to the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, radiology departments need to rapidly deploy home PACS workstations to facilitate physical distancing and to guarantee radiologic expertise despite possible home quarantining or stay home, work safe orders.

Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus disease; home PACS; stay home orders; teleradiology; work safe orders.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Physical Distancing
  • Quarantine
  • Radiology Information Systems*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Teleradiology / methods*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Workflow