Even now that most healthcare workers have been inoculated against COVID-19 and the vaccine is being rolled out to the public, the devastating pandemic still looms large—particularly for hospitals. Learn more in the new white paper "Data Analytics in the Time of COVID-19.”

HCA Healthcare has formed a consortium of prominent public and private research institutions to leverage its vast datasets on COVID-19 hospital care to improve patient outcomes and public knowledge. The institutions—including Duke University Hospital, the federal Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ), Johns Hopkins University,  and others—will gain access to the data in a research program directed by the HCA Healthcare Research Institute.

Even after being discharged from the hospital, COVID-19 patients face elevated rates of mortality, readmission, and multi-organ dysfunction, according to a new study from the United Kingdom.

The Leapfrog Group has honored three LUMEDX clients as pandemic heroes: Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, Florida, the MemorialCare COVID-19 Command Center in Fountain Valley, California, and the RWJBarnabas Health Patient Experience Team in New Jersey.

Although COVID-19 initially presented as a respiratory disease that primarily affects lung function, doctors have learned over the past eight months that serious short- and long-term effects on the heart are all too common.

A way to triage COVID-19 patients using telehealth in New York City, carbon-neutral status for a healthcare giant in California, and more. See how LUMEDX clients from coast to coast are adapting to the changing global landscape in this edition of Clients in the News.

After pivoting to virtual for its spring CV TransForum, MedAxiom has decided to also hold its fall conference online—complete with opportunities for leaders and industry innovators to connect and exchange ideas and solutions for transforming cardiovascular care.

The unprecedented challenges facing healthcare organizations have put a spotlight on value-based care as a key factor to financially surviving the global COVID-19 pandemic—thanks to more stable revenue streams, as well as care coordination and data analysis capabilities.

Client partners continue to pioneer new ways of fighting COVID-19 with Brigham and Women’s in Boston testing a robot built by MIT to monitor vital signs, and researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital developing an AI-based tool to help triage patients. Plus, more stories about innovation from RWJBarnabas, UCLA Health, Stanford Health Care, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Enhanced interoperability is key to containing COVID-19, according to a report from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, which has a list of recommendations for providers, clinical laboratories, and healthcare IT developers to improve patient data exchange and compatibility of disparate hospital systems.