AHIMA June 1, 2020
HIM Professionals Take the Lead at COVID-19 Field Hospitals
One of the many unsettling aspects of watching the COVID-19 pandemic unfold across the United States was the urgency with which states and cities constructed field hospitals, turning venues that had recently hosted sporting events, concerts, worship services, and comic book conventions into medical facilities designed to treat the influx of patients.
The arrival of the Navy’s hospital ship USNS Comfort in New York Harbor in April drew crowds of spectators willing to risk social distancing fines for a glimpse of the vessel.
While the Army Corp of Engineers worked with remarkable speed to transform convention centers such as Chicago’s McCormick Place and New York City’s Javits Center, hospitals in much...
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