Urgency-driven innovation in healthcare | Healthcare IT News

The healthcare industry continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with innovation and grit. Many organizations pivoted to allow nonessential workers to work remotely. They erected field hospitals in parking lots and converted nonclinical spaces into auxiliary ICUs to provide care to sick patients. Physicians turned to virtual visits to continue providing care. They sought out alternative suppliers for essential personal protective equipment. In a turbulent environment, a host of ingenious solutions surfaced to help bolster the healthcare system itself.

While the pandemic continues to surge in some areas, the healthcare industry is drawing invaluable lessons from these early encounters in a continuing crisis environment. Healthcare organizations must be able to withstand and become more…