What You Should Know:
- GetWellNetwork deploys complimentary COVID-19 management modules to millions of clinicians on Cerner to manage and slow the spread of the virus and impact millions of patients.
- The new solutions are designed to help patients track symptoms at home and communicate with care teams as they self-monitor or self-quarantine. The tools also help providers streamline outreach and education to large numbers of patients, monitor symptoms and triage patients to the right
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Charges for All Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients May Reach Up to $1.4 Trillion
What You
Should Know:
- FAIR Health brief finds the total costs for all hospitalized COVID-19 patients range from a low of $362 billion in charges and $139 billion in estimated allowed amounts to a high of $1.449 trillion in charges and $558 billion in estimated allowed amounts, depending on the incidence rate of the infection in the US population.
- The total average charge per COVID-19 patient requiring an inpatient stay is $73,300 and the total average estimated allowed amount per
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FCC Launches Hospital Robocall Advisory Panel to Combat Robocalls Targeting Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- The Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) announces the formation of a new federal advisory committee, the Hospital Robocall Protection Group (“Group”).
- The FCC is seeking nominations for the Hospital Robocall Protection Group to establish best practices combat unlawful robocalls made to hospitals using unlawful robocall mitigation techniques.
The Federal Communications
Commission today solicited nominations for the Hospital
Robocall Protection
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AstraZeneca Selects BrightInsight’s IoT Platform to Focus on Chronic Disease Management
What You Should Know:
- AstraZeneca selects the BrightInsight Platform to build and manage its digital health solutions within a regulatory-compliant environment
- Digital health represents a major opportunity to alleviate some of the biggest concerns in healthcare today—many of which are being amplified due to COVID 19—including the length and cost of clinical trials, better remote testing, and tracking of patients, access to data and delivery of care.
- AstraZeneca and others are
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Babyscripts Lowers Prenatal In-Person Visits During COVID-19 Outbreak
What You Should Know:
- Babyscripts, a virtual care platform for obstetrics is helping to lower the amount of prenatal in-person visits to 4-6 appointments during the COVID-19 outbreak due to increased demand.
- The standard amount of in-person prenatal care visits is 12-14. With the help of mobile health and their remote patient monitoring platform, which connects patients directly with their providers, Babyscripts is safely transitioning prenatal care outside the clinic.
As
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COVID-19 Vulnerability Index Identifies Urban Populations at High Risk
What You Should Know:
- RS21 has developed the Urban Health Vulnerability Index (UHVI) to help local governments and health planners identify urban populations at high risk for COVID-19, including older adults and people with serious medical conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and lung disease.
- The UHVI tool uncovers which parts of our communities could be most affected by a COVID-19 outbreak and allows local governments to anticipate where resources may be needed the
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At-Home Respiratory Coronavirus Test Now Available to Texas Residents
What You Should Know:
- Wheel and imaware launch the first and only clinician-administered home-based COVID-19 lab testing in the nation, priced at $135.
- A trained healthcare professional will collect the sample at the patient's home to reduce the risk of false negatives associated with self-swabbing.
- CDC-authorized home-based tests can be delivered the same day, then Wheel clinicians trained in COVID-19 protocols are in contact with patients who test positive to
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TransformativeMed Offers Free EHR-Integrated COVID-19 Tracking and Workflow Solution to Seattle-Based Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- TransformativeMed offers free COVID-19 tracking and workflow solution to Seattle-based hospitals and medical centers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The application works with electronic health records to track patient medical tests; helps with coronavirus patient workflows.
- COVID-19/CORES is already being used at UW Medicine, which includes the University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center.
TransformativeMed, which transforms
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New Website Helps People Find Nearby COVID-19 Testing Centers Nationwide
What You Should Know:
- Chicago-based technology company Evive launched the Evive.Care website, which is helping people find COVID-19 (Coronavirus) testing centers near them.
- The Evive.Care search tool allows people to enter their state and county and then displays a list of nearby COVID-19 testing centers.
- There are currently 240+ testing centers on the website across approximately 200 counties in the U.S.—those numbers are constantly evolving.
Evive, a Chicago,
IL-based
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Sharecare Launches Comprehensive, Medically Verified COVID-19 Information Hub
What You Should Know:
- Sharecare announced the availability of a central COVID-19 information hub featuring the latest developments, guidance, and resources in response to the pandemic.
- The Sharecare COVID-19 information hub was created to provide people with easy access to the latest content and tools for COVID-19 preparedness, awareness, and prevention including interactive maps and data; articles, videos, and infographics detailing the latest news – in addition to direct links to
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