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Going live Monday, July 13: New “IT Help” service site

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The new IT Help portal will offer better resources and self-help tools for faculty and staff
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Safety concerns hamper study of hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19 in front-line health workers

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Concerns about the drug’s safety are limiting participation in the national trial
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Together we must stand

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A message from UF College of Medicine Interim Dean Dr. Joseph A. Tyndall
By Joseph A. Tyndall, MD, MPH
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UF researchers seek to improve safety of personal protective equipment for health care workers

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Researchers in environmental and global health and epidemiology are on a mission to improve PPE
By Jill Pease
Century Tower lit up in blue at night.

University of Florida’s Century Tower bathed in blue to honor health care workers

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The special lighting coincides with National Nurses Week (May 6-12) and National Hospital Week (May 10-16)
For Providers

EMR users: Check out our improved Epic EMR site

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Customized resources are designed by our providers for their peers
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IT Update: Video meeting security, Zoom passwords

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At 5 p.m. May 5, all new meetings generated with UF Zoom will automatically include password for added security
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UF Health to resume elective surgeries, procedures on Monday

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UF Health is resuming all elective inpatient and outpatient surgeries and procedures at all its locations Monday
By Bill Levesque
Person wearing personal protection equipment administers a coronavirus test to a person sitting in a car.

UF Health to provide coronavirus test-and-trace program to help reopen university

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UF Health rolling out plans for rigorous “test-and-trace” program to support phased reopening of UF
By Bill Levesque
Experts in interactive medical simulation wear personal protective equipment while conducting realistic drills in the pediatric intensive care unit to prepare for severe cases of the novel coronavirus.

Interactive medical simulations in ERs, ICUs help clinicians prepare for COVID-19 intubations

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Experts in interactive medical simulation conduct realistic drills to prepare for severe cases of COVID-19
By Michelle Koidin Jaffee