Price Ellen, Hollis Nikos, Salganik Joseph, Lykke Megan, Paolinelli Cheryl, Chamovitz Stuart, King Clay, Ott Richard
Family Health West Post-COVID Recovery Clinic, Fruita, Colorado.
University of Colorado School of Medicine Rural Program, Aurora, Colorado.
Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl. 2023 Jul 26;5(3):100270. doi: 10.1016/j.arrct.2023.100270. eCollection 2023 Sep.
The emergence of Post-Acute Sequelae of Sars Cov-2 (PASC), also known as long-COVID, has prompted response from the medical community with research in how to treat patient's symptoms, and in some places, development of post-COVID clinics. Publications about PASC clinics thus far have been in large academic research centers, which have access to many specialists, yet only treat a small amount of the US population. Our hospital system was able to develop a multidisciplinary post-COVID clinic in a small rural community using a PM&R (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) physician lead, and the ancillary services we had available in our town of 13,508 people. Funding for this was internal with no grant sources. As part of the patient rehabilitation team, the roles of PM&R providers, physical therapy, speech therapy, respiratory therapy, and psychology are portrayed. This developed clinical model is accessible to small communities across the United States.
新冠病毒急性后遗症（PASC），又称长期新冠，其出现促使医学界做出反应，开展了如何治疗患者症状的研究，在一些地方还设立了新冠后诊所。迄今为止，关于新冠后诊所的出版物都来自大型学术研究中心，这些中心有许多专家，但只治疗了一小部分美国人口。我们的医院系统能够在一个农村小社区建立一个多学科新冠后诊所，由一名物理医学与康复（PM&R）医生牵头，并利用我们这个有13508人的小镇现有的辅助服务。该诊所的资金来自内部，没有外部资助。作为患者康复团队的一部分，介绍了物理医学与康复服务提供者、物理治疗、言语治疗、呼吸治疗和心理治疗的作用。这种已开发的临床模式可供美国各地的小社区使用。
