ASA earned a series of media mentions in the summer months on how the pandemic will change health care delivery in the long term. Anita Gupta, DO, PharmD, FASA, and colleagues wrote a commentary in May for the National Academy of Medicine on how COVID-19 has changed the patient-provider experience, and how digital innovations in the health system will be key for gaining patient trust. “The need for physical distancing required by the pandemic and the limits of provider training create a visible tension requiring an immediate call to action for all health professionals to create a renewed patient-provider trust relationship within a digital world,” they wrote.
In June, 2020-2021 ASA President Beverly Philip, MD, FACA, FASA, was interviewed by Kaiser Health News on a study that found waiting to have elective surgery at least seven weeks after COVID-19 infections reduced the risk of death, while those with lingering symptoms...
