Vaccine advocate-turned-software developer Tiffany Tate saw her life’s work coalesce before her eyes in February while observing a well-run Baltimore County COVID-19 vaccination site. Like the rest of Maryland’s local health departments, the clinic was using the paperless clinic software Tate designed — PrepMod.

People moved easily through the clinic. There were no lines, no waiting, she said, and PrepMod supported the workflow as “the quietest thing in the room.”

“It just came all together for me; I’ve created something that is just an extension of the expertise, courage, the hard work,” that helps vaccinators do their jobs, she said.