The White House and CDC teamed up with tech giant Apple to develop a new website and app that offers up-to-date information on the coronavirus pandemic and a screening tool for COVID-19 symptoms, according to a March 27 news release.

Google sister company Verily has nearly 1,000 volunteers working on its COVID-19 screening and testing platform as it prepares to expand to more locations, according to CNBC. 

Airbnb announced March 26 that it will house 100,000 healthcare providers, relief workers and first responders around the world free of cost.

As soon as the care team at Renton, Wash.-based Providence realized they had their first case of COVID-19 in late January, the IT team sprang into action to update their Epic EHR with tools to support identifying and treating future patients with the coronavirus.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that around 40,000 people answered his call to support healthcare workers in the state during the coronavirus pandemic, including 2,265 physicians and 2,409 nurses.

Hospitals and health systems across the country are focused on their response to the coronavirus pandemic. In hot spots like Seattle or New York City, hospital CEOs are already in the midst of responding to the crisis; in other communities, executives are developing protocol to prepare for more cases.

The World Health Organization director general and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discussed how the two could work to control the spread of COVID-19 during a recent video conference, Yahoo Finance reports.

The Scripps Research Translational Institute launched an application-based research program to analyze patients' wearable health data to identify signs of coronavirus and other fast-spreading viral illnesses, per a March 25 news release.

A new artificial intelligence consortium will offer nearly $6 million in funding and resources for researchers using AI and data analytics to address and slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Shaker Heights, Ohio-based University Hospitals is piloting a new app designed to monitor COVID-19 patients and other high-risk patients, according to cleveland.com.

City officials in St. Augustine, Fla., will distribute hundreds of app-connected thermometers to residents to improve coronavirus tracking in the region, ABC News reports.

UC San Diego Health researchers have built several COVID-19-specific tools within its Epic EHR to support care management during the pandemic, according to a March 24 study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 

The coronavirus outbreak is accelerating trends toward telehealth and virtual visits, placing a premium on access to care and care coordination.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has issued a call for highly skilled technologists to join with the state, Microsoft, Google Cloud and more to develop IT solutions to assist with New York's COVID-19 response.

The American Hospital Association is asking for clarification on the HIPAA waiver released by the Trump administration on March 17 in a letter to HHS.

Approximately 400 volunteers have joined forces to combat the surge in coronavirus-related cyberattacks targeting healthcare organizations, according to Cybersecurity Insider.

Paul Black, CEO of Allscripts, has spent his career in the health IT space focused on the big disruptors in healthcare and supporting better care delivery.

The World Health Organization is teaming up with tech giants including Microsoft and Facebook to create software that addresses challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic, CNBC reports.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence began treating patients with the coronavirus in January and quickly built an infrastructure around treating patients affected by the pandemic.

As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country, the U.S. will need to immediately solve three key issues to avoid a massive ventilator shortage: ventilator production, distribution and operation, according to Daniel Horn, MD.