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International Journal of Clinical Research & Trials Volume 5 (2020), Article ID 5:IJCRT-148, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2020/148
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COVID-19 Guidelines Changing Faster than the Virus: Implications of a Clinical Decision Support App

Yair Saperstein1, Shawn Y. Ong2, Tarik Al-Bermani1, Joongheum Park3, Yiela Saperstein4, Jadesola Olayinka1, Anjali Jaiman1, Andrew Winer5, Moro O. Salifu1 and Samy I. McFarlane1,*

1Department of Medicine SUNY-Downstate-Health Science University, Brooklyn, New York, United States
2Emergency Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, United States
3Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
4Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, United States
5Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Proff. Samy I. McFarlane, College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Box 50, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Phone 718-270-6707, Fax 718- 270-4488; E-mail: smcfarlane@downstate.edu
#Both authors equally contributed to this manuscript.
**Designated as the COVID-19 only hospital in New York City, NY during the pandemic.
30 June 2020; 13 July 2020; 15 July 2020
Saperstein Y, Ong SY, Al-Bermani T, Park J, Saperstein Y, et al. (2020) COVID-19 Guidelines Changing Faster than the Virus: Implications of a Clinical Decision Support App. Int J Clin Res Trials 5: 148. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2020/148

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