While winter is coming and Zika-bearing mosquitos may die off in some areas of the country, public health officials aren’t pausing their efforts to fight the spread of the Zika virus.
As the number of cases continues to rise, they are finding healthcare information technology, such as electronic health records, to be an indispensable tool for helping to track, diagnose and treat those infected with the illness.
The stakes are high for pregnant women because the virus can be passed to fetuses, potentially causing birth defects such as microcephaly—resulting in smaller brains that have not properly developed.
