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Clinical Informaticist working to improve healthcare by making EHRs safe for all users
May 18, 2020 7 tweets 3 min read
Paper w/@HardeepSinghMD in @JAMA_current on #COVID__19 & Health IT Infrastructure argues that collecting reliable clinical data from multiple sources could be very helpful in managing public health emergencies. Potential Utility of an IT Infrastructure /1 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… 1. Data from a national health IT infrastructure could efficiently generate more accurate estimates of real-time disease burden and need for resources, such as hospital personnel, personal protective equipment, intensive care unit beds, and ventilators. /2