A common concern is the rate at which the virus is growing. This is known as Rt - the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person. If the Rt > 1, the virus will spread quickly and if Rr < 1, the virus will stop spreading. This model was created by Kevin Systrom and Thomas Vladeck and the case count data is collected from The COVID Tracking Project. This website is provides visualizations of the trends emerging from each state to give us an idea of the

We found this to be a very useful and interesting site dedicated to collecting and publishing data to understand the emerging trends of the COVID19 pandemic in the United States. This is a volunteer organization that was created by The Atlantic that is dedicated to collect daily data on COVID19 testing and patient outcomes from every state, territory, and the District of Columbia. Click here to read more: https://covidtracking.com

So excited to have our first COVID19-related paper get published in the American Journal of Medical Quality. Despite the existence of telemedicine since the late 1950s-early 1960s, it took a pandemic to bring this technology mainstream. The critical urgency of the pandemic drove an auspicious alignment of policy, economics, and technology to facilitate the widespread implementation of telehealth. It is imperative that this synchronicity be maintained in the post-COVID era in

Zeel Shah, MD; John R. Maese, MD, MACP; Donna Seminara, MD, MACP; Anita Szerszen, MD, FACP Calamity catalyzes change. With the emergence of the COVID-19 outbreak, Americans are quickly realizing their health care system is overdue for a digital revolution. Medicine is a profession that is slow to change. In the past it would take several years for a new treatment or therapy to become main stream [1]. The era of the internet allows for faster dissemination of information throu

Donna Seminara, MD, MACP; John R. Maese, MD, MACP; Zeel Shah, MD In the past two months we have been confronted with a life altering pandemic. COVID-19 has changed everything we do for the foreseeable future. All major sporting events and cultural activities like concerts and plays are on hiatus. In New York City, at the crossroads of America, 42nd Street is a ghost town. Doctor’s offices which were once thought to be recession proof have been closed because of lack of pers