Hospitals with advanced IT and trial participation cut COVID-19 mortality faster, study finds

There's an unsung success story about the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. At its outset, U.S. hospitals faced huge challenges, as influxes of patients strained resources, while doctors were uncertain about what treatments would work against the novel infection. It's remarkable that even before vaccines were widely deployed, hospitals were able to drastically reduce COVID-19 mortality rates, from 7.46% in April 2020 to 1.76% a year later.