Created: March 16, 2021 10:37 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The health care system was tested like never before this past year. As the pandemic seemingly begins to quell, health care leaders are trying to apply the lessons they learned. "You know we did a debrief here where we talked about, what are the things that we really learned through this system that will help us in the future?” said Dr. Vesta Sandova, chief Medical Officer at Lovelace Health System. As hospitals return from the brink of crisis, state leaders are asking—what will the everlasting changes be to keep people healthy? "I think telemedicine is something that really prior to—there was some telemedicine prior to the epidemic, but now it is something that really we can utilize to reach out, whether it's to other facilities, for education, whether it's to patients. That's a great tool that was really was underutilized,” Dr. Sandoval said.