HIT Consultant March 26, 2020
Bob Zemke, CISSP CPHIMS, and Doug McDonald, FHIMSS CPHIMS at Extreme Networks

COVID-19: 5 Steps for Health IT Teams to Accommodate New Demands

The rapid escalation of COVID-19 patient cases has created new challenges for healthcare organizations to scale up testing and care services, while also reducing risk for non-critical patients or care workers. Healthcare IT professionals are being asked to digitally transform overnight, in supporting remote workers, telemedicine, outdoor triage tents, and a surge in patients and connected devices. Here are five key steps for healthcare IT departments to take in order to accommodate the new demands placed on them.

1. Assess and identify what infrastructure is needed to rapidly support the surge of teleworkers, outdoor sites, and temporary remote facilities

Healthcare organizations around the world are responding to the...

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