Even as there is a resurgence in the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States and governors walk back plans for reopening, hospital administrators and service line leaders are looking ahead to a time when volumes will return to pre-pandemic levels.

This month in client partner news, Mass General Brigham wrangles data for COVID-19 research, AI helps lung scans detect the coronavirus at Mount Sinai, Baptist Health is equipping its hospitals with UV light disinfection technology, and more. Read on for these stories and other dispatches from clients including HCA Healthcare, Bon Secours Mercy Health, and ChristianaCare.

In order to study the relationship between COVID-19 and heart disease, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) announced recently that it will start using two data registries to monitor how the virus affects patients who suffer a variety of major cardiac events or medical procedures.

If there is a silver lining to the dark cloud that is a global pandemic, it’s that healthcare providers have emerged as heroes and the industry has been innovating up a storm since the COVID-19 threat emerged. Read on for news about some of our client partners stepping up in this time of crisis.

To accommodate the new Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) field to gather COVID-19 data for all patients who have had a surgical procedure since Jan. 1, LUMEDX is creating updated forms for all three STS registries (Adult Cardiac, General Thoracic, and Congenital Heart).

Healthcare organizations, technology firms, nonprofits, and academia are banding together to use their collective expertise, data, and insights for rapid deployment of innovative, open-source solutions to the global pandemic.

Although not on the front lines of healthcare delivery, the LUMEDX team is and always has been dedicated to helping hospitals provide the best quality of care to patients. This has never been more true than now, as the industry adapts and reacts rapidly to the global pandemic of COVID-19.

For the first time in 58 years, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference will not be happening. HIMSS has made the very difficult decision to cancel the 2020 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, scheduled for next week in Orlando.