Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare organizations across the world worked expeditiously to prepare for and manage the outbreak. In the modern era, clinical information systems (CIS) and the electronic health record (EHR) are essential tools that can support patient care and enhance healthcare delivery. Researchers out of the University of California, San Diego, were the first to describe in detail the rapid development and implementation of EHR based tools designed specifically to support the management of COVID-19. Drs. Jeff Reeves and Chris Longhurst will describe how CIS are utilized in response to COVID-19, challenges to successful implementation of informatics tools, and the future of informatics in pandemic management.
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