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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Global health care during COVID-19

medical workers in hospitals or engaging with the public. It is essential to reinforce mental interventions for
For this reason, the personal protective equipment kit frontline nurses by promptly providing them with simple
became an indispensable tool. As infection rates and and accessible strategies to manage negative emotions
severity escalated, experienced professionals, including while treating COVID-19 patients and to enhance their
those trained in managing high-risk pathogens, helped adaptability. In addition, nurses play a crucial role in
guide less experienced workers in the early phases of the responding to clinical emergencies. Therefore, nursing
outbreak. In the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, managers should implement structured and targeted
general healthcare workers were able to deliver treatment training programs to improve emergency response
and care services to all COVID-19 patients. However, skills. Moreover, regular emergency response training,
as patient numbers, ICU demands, and admissions including rapid response protocols for specialized staff
surged, additional staff were urgently recruited, including coordination and training in therapeutic technologies and
doctors and nurses from public hospitals via the health protective equipment, is vital. In case of an emergency,
ministry. Training was prioritized to maintain satisfactory such preparation ensures the availability of necessary
standards. Hospitals established emergency task force materials, efficient deployment of staff, and coordination
teams composed of key staff from various departments, across departments. Given the importance of disaster
drug management, infection control, nursing, radiology, preparedness and management during public health crises,
logistics, dietary services, and public relations. To allow an evidence-based training program should be established
rapid interaction and decision-making, the emergency task to enhance the competency of nurses (Tan et al., 2020).
force team exists in selected hospitals. Daily face-to-face
meetings, led by department heads, allowed for real-time 7. Clinical management reforms during the
discussions on patient care, staffing, medical supplies, and COVID-19 pandemic
other critical issues. To minimize misperception in patient The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe damage
care, final decisions in patient care were made by heads to the healthcare system, resulting in substantial shifts
of infectious diseases, critical care, and pulmonology. in biomedical and infectious disease research. In fact,
Doctors from diverse specialties collaborated to manage the COVID-19 outbreak has become a benchmark for
COVID-19 patient care. In addition, the task force allocated
nurses to support the doctors (Mondal & Munshi, 2023). clinical severity and health threat, highlighting the critical
role of both clinical and administrative experts in health
6.3. Clinical safety for frontline medical staff care. Recent advancements in infectious disease research,
drug discovery, and vaccine research have been robustly
Medical safety among clinical staff is an important issue for implemented in health sectors during the pandemic. This
hospital management. During a pandemic like COVID-19, crisis has also demonstrated the remarkable responsiveness
the risk of infection among healthcare personnel is high, of clinical researchers and hospital management across
posing a serious threat to hospital human resources. the globe in their efforts to protect public health (Pal &
Consequently, hospital administrators took exceptional Munshi, 2024).
measures to safeguard their employees. Healthcare
workers treating COVID-19 patients were required to wear New hospital management protocols were necessary
N95 masks, goggles or face shields, and double surgical for the proper regulation of COVID-19 care systems.
gloves. In situations involving extended patient interaction Given the scale of the pandemic, managing healthcare
or the risk of aerosol generation, healthcare workers used operations became a critical, complex, and dynamic task
motorized air-purifying respirators. All medical workers for hospital administrators, resulting in the generation of
had to continuously use such respirators when working vast amounts of data. This includes clinical and biomedical
in high-risk areas. Due to the supply shortage of goggles data, epidemiological trends, health financing records, and
and motorized air-purifying respirators, equipment was resource information (including human resources). Such
sterilized (using 70% ethanol solution) and reused after data or information proved vital for both clinical and non-
pasteurization. To safeguard all healthcare workers and clinical decision-makers in understanding the prevalence
prevent nosocomial infection, nurses received systematic of the disease with respect to the different demographic
training on personal protective equipment and basic safety areas, gender, comorbidity, age group, etc. The main
measures. The emergency task force also issued behavioral challenge was to effectively manage this data. Data
guidelines to limit exposure risks, healthcare workers were scientists organized the mass data according to the needs
advised not to eat or talk face-to-face during meals; seats of health experts. In this context, leadership in healthcare
were arranged to ensure that they did not face one another management is increasingly reliant on robust information
(Mondal & Munshi, 2023). systems. Well-organized healthcare units demonstrated

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