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Cardiologists explain how COVID-19 changed their practice forever (Dr. Jonathon Leipsic, SPH)

Jonathon A. Leipsic, M.D., F.R.C.P.C. F.S.C.C.T (Photo credit: hli.ubc.ca)

COVID-19 shifted how cardiologists practice and will permanently change the specialty going forward, according to an article in TCTMD.

Here’s is how three cardiologists believe the specialty will have changed: 

3. Jonathon Leipsic, MD, chair of the department of radiology at Providence Health Care’s St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, believes COVID-19 will eliminate the historical biases of care and make organizations more nimble. He said: “We’re really going to be aligning our testing and our clinical decision-making as to what is not only best for patients but finding the most direct answer and the safest way of approaching patient management and work-up with regard to distancing and potential risk exposure for both our patients and ourselves.” 

Click here to read the full story on Becker’s ASC Review.