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. 2020 Jul-Sep;21(3):133-140.
doi: 10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_168_20. Epub 2020 Oct 13.

Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Quaternary Care Hospital in the Middle East Gulf Region

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Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Quaternary Care Hospital in the Middle East Gulf Region

Bassam Atallah et al. Heart Views. 2020 Jul-Sep.
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Tocilizumab order set electronic implementation during COVID-19
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Figure 2
COVID-19 institutional anticoagulation algorithm and electronic order set that guides providers, to order relevant biomarkers and medications for anticoagulation in confirmed COVID-19 patients
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Figure 3
Implementation of the institutional anticoagulation protocol in an electronic order set
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Figure 4
Best practice advisory at the order entry level alerting providers to the potential high risk of developing QTc prolongation and other examples of electronic best alert advisories implemented at the level of order entry to ensure proper use of COVID-19 medications and optimize patient safety
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Home delivery's rapid growth and slight decline as “normalcy” begins to return

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