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cord-329925-p4hfqath	JunziShi	Radiology workload changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for staff redeployment	2020-10-02		.txt	text/plain	3129	161	39	Therefore, this study aimed to quantify changes in total and by-subspecialty radiology workload due to deferring non-urgent services during the initial COVID-19 pandemic, and describe operational strategies implemented due to shifts in priority. During the study period, daily productivity metrics including total numbers of radiology reports by setting (inpatient, outpatient and Emergency Department), and associated work relative value units (RVUs) were tracked by subspecialty division using a pre-existing quality and safety dashboard.(references redacted) These data were subsequently downloaded to Microsoft Excel® (2020, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA). In this assessment of initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiology department workload, overall report volume and associated relative value units decreased in the 5-weeks after deferments of non-urgent outpatient services and surgeries began, compared with the 5-weeks prior to initiating deferments, by 60% (p<0.001). Deferring non-urgent outpatient procedures and surgeries resulted in decreased radiology volumes, overall and by-subspecialty division, during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.	./cache/cord-329925-p4hfqath.txt	./txt/cord-329925-p4hfqath.txt