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By Fred Bazzoli | 12:50 pm | March 26, 2020
Uploaded temperature readings from a million Kinsa Health devices are enabling the company to map atypical fevers, offering a potential warning of increases in virus infections.
By Mike Miliard | 03:42 pm | March 25, 2020
The CIO of Arizona's Health Current describes the health information exchange's efforts to serve its participants during the COVID-19 crisis – and discusses its ongoing efforts to boost data quality and consistency across the state.
By Fred Bazzoli | 11:37 am | March 25, 2020
A screen mounted to a mobile cart can enable physicians to assess patients at a safe distance – even when they're both in the same healthcare facility.
By Mike Miliard | 05:00 pm | March 24, 2020
The private-sector collaborative includes EHR vendors (Epic, athenahealth), Big Tech (AWS, Microsoft), health systems (Mayo, Intermountain) and many others, all working to speed development of "secure, ethical, innovative, open source" tools to combat the crisis.
By Healthcare IT News | 03:37 pm | March 24, 2020
A report from two healthcare CIOs fighting COVID-19 in Italy and Germany is just one of the many virtual presentations available, with many more still to come in the months ahead.
By Mike Miliard | 01:57 pm | March 23, 2020
It's granting exceptions and extensions from reporting requirements for clinicians and providers participating in Medicare programs such as MIPS and Shared Savings Program ACOs.
By Sophie Porter | 01:31 pm | March 23, 2020
Scientists in Oxford have developed a faster-acting test to establish whether patients are infected with the coronavirus.
By Nathan Eddy | 01:02 pm | March 23, 2020
Backed by an initial investment of $20 million, the project is open to accredited research institutions and private entities using AWS to support development of point-of-care diagnostics.
By Healthcare IT News | 11:20 am | March 20, 2020
Host Jonah Comstock talks to Dr. Steve Miff and Dr. Keith Kosel, authors of a new book from the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation.
By HIMSS TV | 08:18 am | March 18, 2020
Health systems all over the world are using chatbots, drive-through clinics and telemedicine to address the needs of COVID-19 patients.