As part of the White House's COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers used a supercomputer to accelerate their creation of a medication that may treat COVID-19, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health is using geographical information system data to determine where COVID-19 testing sites are most needed.
Overnight, automakers, bedding manufactures and more have transformed their facilities to produce personal protective equipment for healthcare providers, according to The Wall Street Journal.
UC San Diego Health developed and applied an artificial intelligence algorithm to more than 2,000 lung X-ray images, helping radiologists more quickly identify signs of early pneumonia in COVID-19 patients.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic teamed up with the state's health department to create an artificial intelligence-powered tool that can identify zones of greater COVID-19 transmission in southern Minnesota, Post Bulletin reports.
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Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health Chief Innovation Officer Daniel Durand, MD, has been working non-stop with his team to support the health system's response to COVID-19.
Federal and state regulatory relaxations coupled with increasing social distancing guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated telehealth adoption and paved a new way for healthcare innovation, according to Christopher Scanzera, vice president and CIO at AtlantiCare.
When he took the role of chief innovation officer of LifeBridge Health in Baltimore, Daniel Durand, MD, never imagined less than two years later the system's executives would ask him to rapidly develop a mask factory.
Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Health bioengineers have adapted technology to disinfect N95 masks and other personal protective equipment, according to mlive.com.
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,…