Emerging Technologies, Tools & Thoughts
Coronavirus Symptom Checker App Predicts Infections with Nearly 80% Accuracy13 May 2020
Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital and London-based King’s College researchers used a COVID-19 symptom-checker app to predict with almost 80 percent... Continue Reading
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How AI Use Cases are Evolving in the Time of Covid-1913 May 2020
In a HIMSS20 Digital presentation, leaders from Google Cloud, Nuance and the Health Data Analytics Institute offer their perspectives on... Continue Reading
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Unitedhealth’s Optum is in Advanced Talks to Acquire Remote Mental Health Provider Ableto for About $470 Million30 Apr 2020
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum is in advanced talks to acquire virtual therapy provider AbleTo for about $470 million, according to people familiar... Continue Reading
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Could Covid-19 be a Financial Boon to Health Insurers?30 Apr 2020
Treating serious cases of COVID-19 is expensive. Treatment may require ICU beds, ventilators and lots of specialized staff time. So... Continue Reading
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Blueprints for Better Healthcare: Tackling Supply Demand with Open Source30 Apr 2020
A new study has highlighted how free, open source hardware and 3D printing can help global healthcare systems tackle the... Continue Reading
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5 Ways to Protect Devices and Data for Remote Healthcare Work30 Apr 2020
With millions connecting to their clinicians from a distance, IT teams must ensure online discussions and patient details are protected.... Continue Reading
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VA Offers Mobile Patient Portal, Data Access on All Smartphones30 Apr 2020
The VA has created mobile apps that enable patient portal and data access on Android smartphones to complement its Apple... Continue Reading
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KFF Health Tracking Poll – February 2020: Health Care in the 2020 Election27 Feb 2020
Key Findings: The U.S. Supreme Court will decide today whether to take up Texas v. United States, which challenges the... Continue Reading
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Strategy on Reducing Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRS27 Feb 2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a comprehensive strategy to reduce the regulatory and administrative burden... Continue Reading
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The Health System We’d Have If Economists Ran Things27 Feb 2020
Imagine if American health policy were established by the consensus of health economists. What would the system look like? A... Continue Reading
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