Hospital Covid Needs Soon Tracked, Flagged for Health Officers (1)

State health officials will soon have access to a federal data platform that tracks hospitals’ staffing and equipment needs during the Covid-19 pandemic and alerts the government when facilities are running low, a top Health and Human Services Department official told Bloomberg Law.

The platform, a “health-care resilience control tower,” will be presented to the nation’s governors soon, HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Robert Kadlec said in an interview. It will include data on emergency beds, staff, personal protective equipment,and ventilators.

Health-care workers still don’t have access to adequate PPE, although the situation has vastly improved since ...