Track: Role of Primary Care in COVID-19 Pandemic

Our session on "Roles of Primary Care in the COVID-19 Pandemic" will discuss the critical functions and adaptations of primary care during one of the biggest global health crises of recent times. Need we say, the pandemic changed the healthcare system forever across the world; hence, primary care has been in the forefront in managing such challenges. This session will address the global impacts of COVID-19, the impact it has on primary care, the development of treatment and testing models, the treatment and management of chronic diseases, and the mental health effects this pandemic has caused.

Impacts of COVID-19 Worldwide: The COVID-19 pandemic has struck the world and continues to hit hard every aspect of human existence. It has tried many countries in terms of very overwhelmed healthcare systems, with a disruption of economies and daily life. Research has shown that this pandemic causes eminent healthcare resource use, strained health systems, and varied impacts across countries from different regions. Only by understanding these global effects can one understand better the primary care adaptations and responses to the crisis.

Impacts of COVID-19 on Primary Care: The COVID-19 pandemic in many ways responded to primary care because primary care practitioners had quickly responded to patient care management and service delivery with shifts in different disruptions. In that regard, the global pandemic has dictated a very rapid change in primary care practices through telehealth adaptation, patient management strategy alterations, and new protocols for infection control. Research has focused on the ways in which primary care settings adapted to such demands, the difficulties experienced, and innovations growing out of necessity in response to crisis.

Treatments and Testing for COVID-19: Treatments and tests for COVID-19 have been developed and rolled out in such a short span, representing the backbone for controlling the pandemic. The perspectives of primary care have included deploying processes for test implementation, patient education on accessible testing formats, facilitating treatment access, and grasping these developments. These advances place the backdrop through which one should consider the function of primary care in managing and minimizing the virus, along with the trajectory of COVID-19 treatments, the introduction of vaccines, and progress with diagnostic testing.

Chronic Conditions During COVID-19: The pandemic considered impacts on those living with chronic conditions, thus putting extra challenges on primary care providers. Management of chronic diseases during COVID-19 called for changes in the delivery of care and monitoring of patients. The research looks at how primary care has encountered these challenges, the impact of the pandemic on patients with chronic conditions, and ways of maintaining the appropriate administration and flow of care during crisis time.

Depression and Anxiety in these Pandemic times: It has truly been a trying time, when the COVID-19 pandemic turns the screw on mental health with its increase in cases of depression and anxiety worldwide. The management included the identification and treatment of mental health issues by primary care providers to support patients and referral services when appropriate. In this regard, this topic will delve into the escalated burden of mental health disorder during the pandemic, primary care management of the disorders, and the integration of mental health into primary care practices.

Key Takeaways: "Roles of Primary Care in the COVID-19 Pandemic" will look further into how the pandemic has affected and how it has been responded to within primary care. We want to emphasize that primary care has played such a vital role by exploring the worldwide impact, impacts on primary care, advance in treatments and testing, control of chronic conditions, and mental health challenges, considering lessons learned for future public health emergencies.

3rd International Conference on Primary Care and Public Healthcare

Track: Role of Primary Care in COVID-19 Pandemic

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