What You Should Know:
Medial EarlySign announced the first clinical
implementation of its AI-based solution to identify patients at highest risk of
COVID-19 complications, with leading Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare
Services.
The new algorithm uses a wide range of routine medical
information to objectively flag high-risk patients who should be fast-tracked
for COVID-19 testing, facilitating earlier treatment to reduce severe
cases, optimize treatment decisions and
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FDA Approves COVID-19 Oral Fluid Test for Use Nationwide
What You Should Know:
- The FDA today authorized testing startup Curative Inc.’s COVID-19 oral fluid test under Emergency Use Authorized (EUA) guidelines.
- Curative’s fast, easy-to-use, accurate, and rapidly scalable test does not create exposure risk for healthcare workers during sample collection and requires less PPE.
- Already in use by City and County of Los Angeles and the City of Long Beach, Curative has helped more than 53K people get tested.
Today, COVID-19
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COVID-19: National Medical Device Registry Launches to Track Ventilators for Hospitals
What You Should Know:
Free registry enables any hospital to log and track ventilators with a simple scan to help with the COVID-19 crisis.
The LocatorX National Medical Device Registry will be
accessible by facility managers and appropriate governmental agencies who
require visibility into ventilator availability at no charge during this
crisis.
LocatorX, which provides accurate, inexpensive, and flexible tracking
technology to companies across a variety of industries, today
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Biofourmis Acquires Digital Therapeutics Oncology Startup Gaido Health
What You Should Know:
- Boston-based digital therapeutics startup Biofourmis acquires LA-based Gaido Health from Takeda Pharmaceuticals, in a strategic deal that expands Biofourmis’ portfolio in the oncology space.
- Gaido Health—a digital therapeutics company focused on the oncology market—was part of Takeda Digital Ventures, Takeda’s corporate technology investment and incubation arm.
- With Gaido Health’s and Biofourmis’ dual focus on remote monitoring with wearables
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OnScale Launches ‘Digital Twins’ of Lungs to Improve COVID-19 Patients Outcomes
What You Should Know:
- OnScale announced the kickoff of the Project BreatheEasy by leveraging massively scalable cloud bioengineering simulation and AI to create “Digital Twins” of the lungs of COVID-19 patients.
- The goal of the project is to optimize the utilization of limited ventilator and respiratory equipment and improve patient outcomes.
- OnScale is currently testing the solution with medical experts and is actively seeking additional partners and advisors.
OnScale, a
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Fitbit, Scripps, Stanford to Study Role of Wearables to Detect, Train, and Contain Infectious Diseases
What You Should Know:
- Fitbit, Scripps Research, and Stanford Medicine are teaming up on new research leveraging Fitbit data to detect, track, and contain infectious diseases like COVID-19.
- There already has been early evidence that wearables, like Fitbit devices, have the potential to help predict the onset of an infectious disease like the flu before symptoms start, and the goal of this consortium is to unlock similar potential via leading research institutions in response to
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One Drop Acquires Sano’s Continuous Glucose Sensing Platform
What You Should Know:
- One Drop has acquired all the assets and intellectual property of Sano Intelligence, Inc. which include Sano's continuous glucose sensing platform.
- One Drop will leverage the acquired assets, including silicon-sensing production infrastructure, to design, produce, and commercialize a painless, silicon-based continuous health sensing platform for use across multiple conditions.
One Drop, a New York
City-based provider of digital care solutions for people
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Welltok Appoints Bob Fabbio CEO, Jeff Margolis to Serve as Chairman of the Board
What You Should Know:
- Welltok appoints COO Bob Fabbio to CEO to lead the next stage of growth.
- Outgoing CEO, Jeff Margolis, will continue in his role as Welltok’s Chairman of the Board.
Welltok,
the consumer health activation company, announced today that COO Bob Fabbio,
has succeeded Jeff Margolis as chief executive officer. Margolis, who led the
company as CEO for seven years, will remain involved strategically and continue
in his role as Welltok’s Chairman of the Board.
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Apple, Google Partner on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Tech: 5 things to Know
What You Should Know:
- Apple and Google announce a joint partnership to enable the use of Bluetooth-enabled contact tracing technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus.
- Apple and Google will be launching a comprehensive solution that includes application programming interfaces (APIs) and operating system-level technology to assist in enabling contact tracing.
Apple and Google announce a joint partnership to
enable the use of Bluetooth
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COVID-19 Death Rates: Which States are Really Flattening the Curve?
What You Should Know:
- MDmetrix’s new control charts project daily deaths from COVID-19 nationally and by state, revealing which states are flattening the “daily deaths” curve.
- Currently, none of the states with the highest COVID-related death rates—including Washington State, New Jersey, New York, California, Michigan or Louisiana—have flattened the curve.
Whether you’re a health system executive, a grocery store
worker, or a concerned parent, Americans everywhere see the
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