Laura Lovett

Laura Lovett

Laura Lovett is Managing Editor of MobiHealthNews where she covers the intersection of healthcare and technology. She is also a contributing editor to Women in Healthcare IT at Healthcare IT News. Before coming to MobiHealthNews she worked for Gatehouse Media, where she earned a New England Newspaper Association award. Most recently Lovett won a Umass Medical Media Fellowship.  Lovett was educated at the University of East Anglia, the University of Massachusetts and Oxford University.

New COVID-19 challenge out of MIT seeks solutions from hackers at home
By Laura Lovett | 06:33 pm | April 06, 2020
The new MIT COVID-19 Challenge: Beat the Pandemic is a series of hackathons and digital events focused on coming up with ways to address the virus.  
Population Health
Facebook rolls out three new COVID-19 related health tracking maps
By Laura Lovett | 11:17 am | April 06, 2020
The new maps will be able to look at co-location, movement and social interaction data.  
Population Health
Practical takeaways from America's COVID-19 ground zero
By Laura Lovett | 06:36 pm | March 12, 2020
Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, chief clinical officer for Providence St. Joseph Health, talks the use of chatbots, telemedicine and drive-thru clinics in treating the virus.  
Practical takeaways from America's COVID-19 ground zero
By Laura Lovett | 02:44 pm | March 12, 2020
Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, chief clinical officer for Providence St. Joseph Health, talks the use of chatbots, telemedicine and drive-thru clinics in treating the virus.
US senators question Ascension on its Google collaboration Project Nightingale
By Laura Lovett | 11:37 am | March 05, 2020
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Dr. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) sent a follow-up letter to Ascension CEO Joesph Impicciche regarding privacy concerns about Project Nightingale.
Issue in Walgreens' app led to customers seeing each other's secure messages
By Laura Lovett | 11:07 am | March 03, 2020
Prescription drug information and names were exposed, but financials and Social Security numbers were not.
How a telemedicine pilot in Zimbabwe tapped city doctors for rural care
By Laura Lovett | 04:45 pm | January 29, 2020
Yaya Mbaoua, CEO of The Mbaoua Group, will be speaking at HIMSS20 on how telemedicine could transform Africa’s healthcare.
Implementing innovation with ethics in mind
By Laura Lovett | 05:47 pm | January 24, 2020
Susannah Rose, director of patient experience research at the Cleveland Clinic, will be talking about ways to use tech and improve care at HIMSS20.
Personality, language hamper health chatbot implementations
By Laura Lovett | 01:02 pm | January 20, 2020
At HIMSS20, Providence St. Joseph's Lisa Mason will be discussing the tricks and pitfalls of using chatbots in healthcare.
Pediatric behavioral health company Emilio scores $5M
By Laura Lovett | 07:07 am | December 19, 2019
The new money will be put towards launching the company's clinics and digital platform.