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01-11-2020 | COVID-19 | Response to COVID-19/Commentary

Information Technology in Support of Our Heroes during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Commentary

Authors: Steven K. Magid, MD, Jamie Nelson, MBA

Published in: HSS Journal ® | Special Issue 1/2020

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It is difficult to describe the debt of gratitude that is owed to our first responders, the emergency room teams, and those at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) who stepped out of their comfort zone to care for the sickest-of-the-sick COVID-19 patients as HSS transitioned from a specialty hospital to a general hospital. They indeed are our heroes. And as with all highly functioning teams, there are many others who labored tirelessly behind the scenes (and at times side-by-side) to support the mission. …

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Title: Information Technology in Support of Our Heroes during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Commentary
Authors: Steven K. Magid, MD
Jamie Nelson, MBA
Publication date: 01-11-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: COVID-19
Telemedicine
Published in: HSS Journal ® / Issue Special Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1556-3316
Electronic ISSN: 1556-3324
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-020-09785-1

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