Changes in Interventional Radiology Practice in a Tertiary Academic Center in the United States During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.

Abstract

The first clinical case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan in China in December 2019 [1]. Since then, there have been more than 1,171,000 confirmed cases and 68,000 deaths in the United States as of May 5, 2020 [2]. To mitigate the spread of the disease, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued a “social distancing” order on March 23, 2020 [3], and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued a “stay-at-home” advisory on March 24, 2020 [4]. In this context, hospital networks implemented significant changes in practice and workflow, particularly among procedure-based specialties, to facilitate the anticipated surge in COVID-19-related hospital admissions.