College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
College of Business Administration, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 16;17(20):7548. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207548.
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world like a gigantic tsunami, turning social and economic activities upside down.
This paper presents some of the innovative response strategies implemented by the public health system, healthcare facilities, and government in South Korea, which has been hailed as the model country for its success in containing COVID-19. Korea reinvented its public health infrastructure with a sense of urgency.
Korea's success rests on its readiness, with the capacity for massive testing and obtaining prompt test results, effective contact tracing based on its world-leading mobile technologies, timely provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) to first responders, effective treatment of infected patients, and invoking citizens' community and civic conscience for the shared goal of defeating the pandemic. The lessons learned from Korea's response in countering the onslaught of COVID-19 provide unique implications for public healthcare administrators and operations management practitioners.
Since many epidemic experts warn of a second wave of COVID-19, the lessons learned from the first wave will be a valuable resource for responding to the resurgence of the virus.
新冠疫情如巨型海啸般席卷全球，颠覆了社会和经济活动。
本文介绍了韩国公共卫生系统、医疗机构和政府采取的一些创新应对策略，韩国因其成功控制新冠疫情而被誉为典范国家。韩国紧急重塑公共卫生基础设施。
韩国的成功源于其准备充分，具备大规模检测和快速获得检测结果的能力，利用世界领先的移动技术进行有效的接触者追踪，及时向一线人员提供个人防护设备，对感染者进行有效治疗，并唤起公民的社区和公民意识，共同战胜疫情。韩国应对新冠疫情的经验教训为公共卫生管理者和运营管理从业者提供了独特的启示。
由于许多传染病专家警告称新冠疫情可能会出现第二波高峰，因此从第一波疫情中吸取的经验教训将成为应对病毒再次爆发的宝贵资源。
