AHIMA August 3, 2020
The need to adapt in the face of unprecedented challenges is a theme I have returned to time and again since the start of the pandemic. Though not without mistakes or setbacks, healthcare professionals from every domain have responded to unimaginable pressure with grace, humility, courage, and a willingness to adapt strategies and workflow based on facts and evidence.
Healthcare professionals have applied their expertise not just to the physiological threats of COVID-19, but to the pre-existing vulnerabilities in our health system that have been magnified by the pandemic, including information privacy and security.
As Kelly McLendon and co-authors note in our special issue of the Journal of AHIMA, Privacy at the Crossroads, “The COVID-19 public health emergency has forced...