In part one of the untold story of COVID-19’s impact on healthcare quality, we looked at the negative effect COVID-19 has had on the U.S. healthcare system.

The pre-pandemic world feels like a distant memory when it comes to healthcare.

On March 11 of last year, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic.

All of us experienced quite a shift from the norm in 2020, and we continue to adapt to this new environment in 2021.

What can be said about 2020 except what a year!

2020 has thrown plenty of curve balls at everyone.

With the recent good news regarding potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, I thought it would be helpful to blog about the vaccine development process and how that process has evolved during the ongoing pandemic.

To keep up with the sheer quantity of SARS-CoV-2 testing and the lack of reagent during the pandemic, laboratories have begun to use the “pooling method.”

The beginning of this year was unusual for all of us.

Patient matching—the ability to match a person to their correct medical record—is a perennial issue in health IT.