ReviewAdvances in radiation oncology
Our Experience Leading a Large Medical Physics Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Review in Advances in radiation oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Survey of work-from-home experiences among medical physicists in Southern California during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Proton radiation therapy patient selection and impacts of COVID-19: A scoping review.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2024Article
- Current status of remote radiotherapy treatment planning in Japan: findings from a national survey†.Journal of radiation research · 2024Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on a high-volume incident learning system: A retrospective analysis.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
21 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
purposeTo provide a series of suggestions for other Medical Physics practices to follow in order to provide effective radiation therapy treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS AND MATERIALS: We reviewed our entire Radiation Oncology infrastructure to identify a series of workflows and policy changes that we implemented during the pandemic that yielded more effective practices during this time.
resultsWe identified a structured list of several suggestions that can help other Medical Physics practices overcome the challenges involved in delivering high quality radiotherapy services during this pandemic.
conclusionsOur facility encompasses 4 smaller Houston Area Locations (HALs), a main campus with 8 distinct services based on treatment site (ie. Thoracic, Head and Neck, Breast, Gastrointestinal, Gynecology, Genitourinary, Hematologic Malignancies, Melanoma and Sarcoma and Central Nervous System/Pediatrics), a Proton Center facility, an MR-Linac, a Gamma Knife clinic and an array of brachytherapy services. Due to the scope of our services, we have gained experience in dealing with the rapidly changing pandemic effects on our clinical practice. Our paper provides a resource to other Medical Physics practices in search of workflows that have been resilient during these challenging times.
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