Choosing Wisely in the COVID-19 Era: Preventing Harm to Healthcare Workers

Hyung J Cho^{1

2}, Leonard S Feldman³, Sara Keller⁴, Ari Hoffman⁵, Amit K Pahwa⁶, Mona Krouss^{1

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Quality and Safety, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, New York.
² Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
³ Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francis-co, California.
⁶ Division of General Internal Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

Review

Hyung J Cho et al. J Hosp Med. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;15(6):360-362.

doi: 10.12788/jhm.3457.

Hyung J Cho^{1

2}, Leonard S Feldman³, Sara Keller⁴, Ari Hoffman⁵, Amit K Pahwa⁶, Mona Krouss^{1

7}

¹ Department of Quality and Safety, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York, New York.
² Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
³ Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francis-co, California.
⁶ Division of General Internal Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

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