HHS Secretary Alex Azar declared COVID-19 a public health crisis on January 31, 2020. Since then, the number of new cases in the US rose from the single digits to over 1 million confirmed cases, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University at the time of publication. The highly contagious novel coronavirus has upended operations for hospitals, which have had to build staff, capacity, supplies, and other necessary capabilities to treat this sudden surge in infected patients. But the outbreak has also had a profound impact on ambulatory care.
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