By Dean Koh | March 24, 2020 | 02:00 AM | HealthcareItNews The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced on 11 March that it has launched a free remote health consultation service with doctors in response to growing public health concerns caused by the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The free consultation service is being [...]
“Instant triage” capability from behold.ai could speed diagnosis of COVID-19 and help ensure resources are allocated properly. By Bill Siwicki | March 23, 2020 | 11:13 AM | HealthcareITNews AI-powered cognitive computing platform vendor behold.ai today announced that its artificial intelligence-based red dot algorithm quickly identifies chest X-rays from COVID-19 patients as abnormal. WHY IT [...]
After the coronavirus outbreak in Italy left a hospital in Brescia with a shortage of necessary respiratory valves, a group of volunteers responded to their call for help by providing them with 3D-printed versions. By Sophie Porter | March 23, 2020 | 09:19 AM Unable to obtain the original blueprints for the valves because of [...]
PR Newswire | March 23, 2020 AKRON, Ohio, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneratorWorks, an innovative technology company with a suite of healthcare software and hardware products, has announced a partnership with clinical algorithm platform SmartDocMD. Together, they have released SecurePass, a digital COVID-19 risk stratification and screening survey. With bold and proactive steps, SecurePass creates a solution that [...]
Digital health investors discuss the opportunity, responsibility and liability of investing in health tech during market volatility and a possible recession. By Laura Lovett | March 20, 2020 | MobiHealthNews The novel coronavirus represents a global pandemic the likes of which haven't been seen for roughly a century, and has put enormous pressures on the healthcare [...]
Providers of mental health apps and chatbots told Recode that usage has gone up, but these services aren’t a replacement for live counseling with a human therapist. By Rebecca HeilweilMar 20, 2020, 9:40am EDT } vox.com Over the past two weeks, my closest friend and I have regularly traded our worst Covid-19 anxieties over text. She’d tell me [...]
