Identifying and prioritizing resilient health system units to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID‐19: Medical Waste Management, Impact on Sustainable Development Goals, and Bibliometric Analysis

“…Proper handling and recycling of this waste is crucial to minimize its impact on the environment and public health. Here are some recommendations on how one can improve the recycling of COVID‐19 medical waste and enhance its handling 87, 123–129: Raise awareness and educate healthcare staff, patients, and the public about COVID‐19 medical waste recycling and management. This may include explicit instructions on how to sort medical waste such as PPE, masks, and gloves and their disposal in recycling containers. Implement segregation at source: Separate COVID‐19 medical waste at hospitals, clinics, and testing institutions.…”

Supply chain planning of vaccine and pharmaceutical clusters under uncertainty: The case of COVID-19

“…The damages striking the healthcare systems due to epidemics are more severe than other organizations because it affects healthcare systems’ functionality and changes overall patient demand dramatically [ 4 , 5 ]. To that aim [ 6 ], helped to identify health system units and show the capabilities of the resilient unit during the COVID-19 epidemic. One of the most vulnerable sectors of healthcare systems is its distribution network which relies on third parties to perform.…”

Predicting and explaining absenteeism risk in hospital patients before and during COVID-19

“…Those early actions probably helped to put Portugal on the top ten best models for European resilience benchmarking when it comes to the Resilience Score of Health Systems that measure the health system performance against COVID-19 [7] .…”

“…Recently, many studies have focused on the impact assessment of COVID-19 on safety and healthcare (e.g., [7] , [8] ), logistics and supply chains (e.g., [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] ), and on COVID-19 risk assessment [13] , [14] , [15] .…”

“…In the study of [7] , on identifying and prioritizing resilient health system units to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, it is explained the concept of health system resilience, which refers to the capability to prepare for and respond effectively to crises while maintaining the health system’s key tasks before, during, and after the crisis. That concept of resilience should be a goal and a way to enhance a health system which can continue to provide services in the face of a crisis.…”