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At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many cancer surgeries were delayed due to the unique challenges around allocating and conserving resources to treat patients with COVID-19 and reduce risk of infection for clinicians and communities. Thus there is an urgent need to develop support solutions to ensure that more time-sensitive surgeries can be prioritized, planned, and scheduled in an appropriate, safe, and patient-centered manner during pandemic recovery, across pandemic waves, and for future public health crises. Using SEIPS 2.0 as a framework, we provide an analysis of this problem space to characterize the known factors and processes. We also highlight the importance of the patient perspective.

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A Human Factors Perspective to Characterize Treatment and Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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