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Covid-19 Impacts on Florida's Healthcare Professionals
Hospital topics
  • Kristen K Hicks-Roof, University of North Florida
  • Jing Xu, University of North Florida
  • Robert J Zeglin, University of North Florida
  • Chloe E Bailey, Department of Health Administration, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
  • Hanadi Y Hamadi, University of North Florida
  • Raine Osborne, University of North Florida
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-24-2021
Abstract

This study described how COVID-19 impacted employment, telehealth usage, and interprofessional collaboration. A cross-sectional survey was deployed in June 2020 to healthcare professionals in Florida. Job status was uniquely separated by profession, with more nurses and medical doctors reported having no effect, and more mental health counselors transitioned to telehealth. Over a third of rehabilitation providers reported being furloughed. Over forty percent of providers had no training in telehealth, yet 33.1% reported an increase in usage. Interprofessional interactions are lower across professions during the pandemic, compared with before. This study shows the need for additional training on telehealth and interprofessional collaboration.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1080/00185868.2021.1927277
PubMed ID
34028344
E-ISSN
1939-9278
Language
eng
Citation Information
Hicks-Roof K, Xu J, Zeglin RJ, Bailey CE, Hamadi HY, Osborne R. COVID-19 impacts on Florida’s healthcare professionals. Hospital Topics. (Published online 24 May 2021)