Several years before the COVID-19 pandemic upended the U.S., a community hospital in rural Oregon had just put the finishing touches on an IT upgrade. Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls “is truly a stand-alone facility,” says John Gaede, director of information systems.
For nearly 100 miles in every direction, there’s not another hospital to be found. Sky Lakes couldn’t have known it in 2018, but its new infrastructure would prove essential in 2021 as it led the charge to vaccinate the south central Oregon and Northern California region’s population against COVID-19.
“It was because of…
For nearly 100 miles in every direction, there’s not another hospital to be found. Sky Lakes couldn’t have known it in 2018, but its new infrastructure would prove essential in 2021 as it led the charge to vaccinate the south central Oregon and Northern California region’s population against COVID-19.
“It was because of…
