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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Researchers at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have developed a tool to help users sort through almost 200 different mental health apps to find one that best meets their needs and preferences.
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health partnered with the UNC School of Medicine to launch a mental health app for first responders and healthcare workers.