Houston-based Texas Medical Center has had challenges communicating data on its COVID-19 dashboard, and in some instances people are using the information to draw inaccurate conclusions.
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Michelle Stansbury, vice president of IT innovation at Houston Methodist, is a big believer in continued innovation, even during the pandemic.
More than 50 percent of U.S. broadband households are willing to share their smartphone data to help track the spread of COVID-19, according to a recent Park Associates report.
Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health and New York City-based Maimonides Medical Center are partnering with remote monitoring platform Nanowear to pilot cloth-based wearable tech that monitors coronavirus patients.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many providers to shift their organization's tech priorities and projects, not just in the present time but also after the crisis.
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WakeMed Health & Hospitals added a new feature to its Epic EHR that allows patients to map out a route to the Raleigh, N.C.-based health system's emergency room and notify clinicians of their estimated arrival time.
HHS has transitioned all COVID-19 data reporting to HHS Protect and launched a new website to report hospitalization data.
HHS launched a new website on July 20 that includes COVID-19 hospitalization data, according to CNBC.
Uber quietly rolled out a free service that gives public health officials access to data on drivers and riders who are believed to have come into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
A team of researchers working at Ames-based Iowa State University have developed a COVID-19 forecasting dashboard that will now feature a mobile version.