Management of the COVID-19 pandemic
perspective of a Portuguese primary health care unit
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https://doi.org/10.5712/rbmfc17(44)3005Keywords:
COVID-19 pandemic, Physicians, family, Health management, Primary health care, Portugal.Abstract
Family physicians (FP) have been playing a pivotal role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. Sharing the learning and work methodologies developed in this context has been essential to ensure adequate health care to the communities. This work reports the organizational strategies and tools developed in Portugal to face the pandemic. Particular focus is given to the methodologies developed in a family health unit in the metropolitan area of Lisbon, which have allowed to ensure the surveillance of COVID-19 patients, while maintaining assistance activities to other vulnerable groups. The core competencies of FP, such as proximity and knowledge of the communities, together with an enormous capacity for adaptation and reorganization of the teams, are key determinants to overcome this health crisis.
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