DISCUSSION POST

According to Health IT ( https://www.healthit.gov/coronavirus), ONC (Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) partnered with the CDC ( Center for Disease Control and Prevention ) to share various resources for reporting and tracking COVID-19, as well as general clinical guidance to the health IT community and healthcare providers. Which types of health informatics have been effectively used for responding to and combatting COVID-19 pandemic? What was the role of each? What were the challenges faced by processes of data collection, reporting, and utilization and Why? What could have been done to minimize these negative events?