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Madison-Area Health and Biotech Companies Fighting COVID-19 for More Than a Year

April 21, 2021 - The Wisconsin State Journal

While the food and hospitality industry was forced to go dormant during the pandemic, Madison’s many biotech and health companies went into overdrive in response to the spread of the coronavirus.

Epic created and installed software for testing sites, used artificial intelligence to help assess the risk of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and helped health care providers begin using telehealth programs to see patients and more.

“We work directly with health care organizations. Therefore, all the massive challenges they faced, we faced with them,” said implementation executive Nick Frenzer.

Read the full story on the Wisconsin State Journal.

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