Elective Surgery Does Not Mean Optional Surgery: How to Recover From The Impact of Canceled Procedures

Lessons health systems have learned because of the COVID-19 pandemic will provide the building blocks to the recovery, including the return of “elective” procedures, many of which are vitally important to patients’ well-being.
In the last two weeks of March, the vast majority of health systems across the country cancelled or postponed “elective” procedures as a means to prepare for an anticipated surge of COVID-19 patients.