AHIMA January 5, 2021
David T. Marc, PhD, CHDA; Matthew Blow, BS; and Shauna Overgaard, PhD

The pandemic’s impact on the US healthcare system was epochal, the effects of which will reverberate long after COVID-19 ceases to be a public health emergency.

The COVID-19 pandemic radically altered multiple facets of daily life we had previously taken for granted—shopping at a grocery or retail store, eating at a restaurant, visiting friends and family, attending school in person, and travelling, among others.1

The pandemic’s impact on the US healthcare system was epochal, the effects of which will reverberate long after COVID-19 ceases to be a public health emergency.

The virus has exacted a crushing toll on healthcare workers, with nearly 2,000 dead2 and many thousands more infected. Hospitals and health systems across the country, many of which were...

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