Healthcare IT Today November 18, 2020
The following is a guest article by Andy Aroditis, CEO, NextGate.
The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to accelerate across the United States, with record-breaking infection rates and a tragically high death count. Several states have recently recorded more than 1 million infections, and areas that were largely spared in the first wave are now coming to grips with being in the middle of a second, increasingly severe spike.
Amidst this dire situation, public health officials and healthcare organizations are doing their very best to understand patterns of spread, allocate resources appropriately, and develop new best practices to treat patients in a coordinated manner.
At the heart of these efforts? Detailed, timely, and highly reliable information about every individual affected by...