Abstract
The delivery of routine health care during the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to be challenged as public health guidelines and other local/regional/state and other policies are enforced to help prevent the spread of the virus. The objective of this systematic review is to identify the facilitators and barriers affecting the delivery of routine health care services during the pandemic to provide a framework for future research. In total, 32 articles were identified for common themes surrounding facilitators of routine care during COVID-19. Identified constructed in the literature include enhanced education initiatives for parents/patients regarding routine vaccinations, an importance of routine vaccinations as compared to the risk of COVID-19 infection, an enhanced use of telehealth resources (including diagnostic imagery) and identified patient throughput/PPE initiatives. Reviewers identified the following barriers to the delivery of routine care: conservation of medical providers and PPE for non-routine (acute) care delivery needs, specific routine care services incongruent the telehealth care delivery methods, and job-loss/food insecurity. Review results can assist healthcare organizations with process-related challenges related to current and/or future delivery of routine care and support future research initiatives as the global pandemic continues.
Highlights
The COVID-19 global pandemic continues to challenge healthcare industries across the globe, with adaptations to the delivery of care to enforce public health initiatives ongoing
Barriers influencing the delivery of routine care continue to exist, and many healthcare organizations continue to focus on adapted strategies and patient throughput models that enable the delivery of routine care during the pandemic
The provision of routine health care services during the COVID-19 global pandemic is challenged by barriers that can be overcome with planning and community effort [7,10,16,29]
Summary
The COVID-19 global pandemic continues to challenge healthcare industries across the globe, with adaptations to the delivery of care to enforce public health initiatives ongoing. To continue to enforce public health initiatives, routine care services are often adjusted and/or adapted for pandemic precautions to be conducted in a safe manner while maintaining physical distancing and related preventive measures [6]. These best practices are often able to be adopted between healthcare organization types, and possibly between health care specialties and/or varying services lines
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