William F. Rayburn, MD, MBA, Consulting Editor
As I reviewed these articles, I reflected on the spirit, resilience, and creativity of the women’s health community during these past few years. Facing unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, providers adapted rapidly and efficiently, offering critical collaboration with others to respond to the public health crisis. Many demonstrated strength and compassion despite economic losses and reductions in the number of clinic options. Undoubtedly, this increased engagement with other health care professionals will serve us well into the future.
It was a pleasure for me to coauthor a postscript with Dr Holcomb about the effect of COVID-19 on our future delivery of women’s health care and the need to care for ourselves. Many of you suffered personal illness and grieved the loss of loved ones and colleagues, while contending with stress and change in your work environment. As we reflect on this experience, you should note your ability to rise to the challenges we will continue to face. We leveraged teamwork to endure these difficult experiences, and we will meet the upcoming challenges together with the same spirit in the future.
As we envision the future, adjustments to changing times will be essential for women’s health care teams. I look forward to learning more about effectively addressing ongoing challenges, including medical misinformation, distrust of science, physician burnout, and health equity and disparities. Dr Holcomb, Dr Cunningham, and their team of experienced authors brought timely, thoughtful, and occasionally provocative insights about the topics mentioned above. Regardless of whether a woman’s health care is provided by an obstetrician-gynecologist alone or in conjunction with other qualified providers, it is important to clearly demonstrate the power of education and performance to make our patients healthier while living in a better place.
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