Long-Lasting Impacts of Covid-19

Long-Lasting Impacts of Covid-19
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Long-Lasting Impacts of Covid-19
Covid 19 has had numerous impacts on healthcare systems. Some of the impacts are short-term, while others are long-term. The pandemic has played a significant role in revealing major inefficiencies and holes within healthcare systems. This essay will discuss some of the long-lasting effects of covid 19 and how leaders can adjust to these impacts. Further, the essay discusses how Soldiers' Home Holyoke will regain trust among staff, future residents, and the community.
One of the lasting impacts that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about on the healthcare system regards improvement in the public health infrastructure. The pandemic has revealed how poorly the public health infrastructure is. To be ready to combat the covid-19 pandemic and any other such pandemic that may arise in the future, the public health infrastructure must be greatly developed. Take, for example, nursing homes. These homes have to be improved in such a manner that they promote social distancing and other parameters that are necessary for combating such a pandemic as covid-19. In a nutshell, the lasting impact is a reimagination and reentering of the public health infrastructure to ensure that it favors better outcomes for covid 19 or even any other pandemic that might occur in the future.
Demystification of telehealth systems is another lasting impact that has come with covid-19. Prior to the covid-19, a large number of people were paranoid about the effectiveness of telehealth and did not consider it a valid method of offering healthcare. However, the pandemic has led to a solid entrenchment of the use of telehealth systems among Americans (Price, 2020). Visits to hospitals have been grea...