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The state’s many health systems put competitive concerns aside for the greater good during a pandemic, using IT to send patients to locations that could best serve them.

The Center for Post-COVID Care will provide resources for patients recovering from the disease, while the new Institute for Health Equity Research will explore ways to reduce healthcare disparities.

It follows studies confirming that the test is widely inaccurate, giving false negative and positive results, offering an accuracy rate of just 30%.

Boston-area South Shore Health System raised HCAHPS scores for its OB/GYN department with the help of a mobile app providing consistent information to expectant patients.

Also, commercial results of the national testing programme in this week's Healthcare IT News roundup.

The expansion consists of NVIDIA Clara Parabricks computational genomics software, disease detection AI models and NVIDIA Clara Guardian application framework.

Just 36% of people making less than $25,000 say they have access to telehealth, according to a new study, but this percentage increases as income rises.

As Act I of the crisis comes to a close, Providence St. Joseph Health's Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips looks ahead to the next phases of response.