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Podcast: Code WACK!
Episode: America's fragmented healthcare system & COVID-19
Description: How has our fragmented healthcare system affected our ability to perform basic public health functions? What lessons can we learn from other countries with nationally-centralized electronic health records? With host Brenda Gazzar, Dr. Philip Verhoef, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii and ICU physician, takes a closer look at Taiwan's Medicare-for-All system and how it made identifying COVID hotspots faster and easier. How can the U.S. strengthen its response to future pandemics?