What You Should Know:
- FDA grants Emergency Use Authorization for Ellume
COVID-19 Home Test for non-prescription home use in symptomatic and
asymptomatic individuals
- The first fully over-the-counter COVID-19 Home Test
demonstrated 96% accuracy in a multi-site US clinical study of both adults and
children 2 years and above
- Ellume is ramping up manufacture, with production on
track for over 100,000 tests per day in January 2021
Ellume, a
digital diagnostics announced its rapid,
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Abbott Receives CE Mark for its COVID-19 IgG Quantitative Antibody Blood Test
What You Should Know:
- Abbott Receives CE Mark for its COVID-19 IgG Quantitative Antibody Blood Test that specifically detects levels of IgG antibodies that attach to the virus’ spike protein, which can be helpful to evaluate a person's immune response to vaccines.
- Abbott plans to submit its test for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization soon.
Abbott, today
announced it received CE Mark for its new quantitative SARS-CoV-2 IgG
(Immunoglobulin G)
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Gleaning Insights for COVID-19: Why Claims and Clinical Data Matter
Healthcare organizations continue to rely heavily on data analytics to try to improve COVID-19 outcomes and public health. Since the novel coronavirus became widespread in the U.S., healthcare data scientists have leveraged clinical and claims data to pinpoint which underlying conditions put patients at higher risk of complications from COVID-19. Health systems are mining clinical data to predict surges in COVID-19 cases and looking at key factors—including increases in hospital website traffic,
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Microsoft Deploys COVID-19 Vaccine Management Platform
What You Should Know:
- Microsoft launches a COVID-19 vaccine management platform with partners Accenture and Avanade, EY, and Mazik Global to help government and healthcare customers provide fair and equitable vaccine distribution, administration, and monitoring of vaccine delivery.
- Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) has deployed
over 230 emergency COVID-19 response missions globally since the pandemic began
in March, including recent engagements to ensure the equitable, secure
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As Telehealth Surges, Are Seniors Being Left Behind?
A global health crisis has thrust us into a scenario in which lives quite literally depend on the ability to virtually connect. Telehealth has rapidly emerged as a vital tool, enabling continuity of care, allowing vulnerable individuals to access their physician from home, and freeing up resources for providers to treat the most critical patients. The acceptance of telehealth and expansion of covered services for the senior population demonstrate that this technology will endure long after
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COVID-19: How Hospitals Can Create Better Inpatient Bed Capacity through Math
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, key elements of hospital operations such as managing inpatient bed capacity, and access to ventilators and PPE have taken center stage. The general public got a crash course on what hospitals need in order to function successfully when disaster hits, and daily news and discussions were centered around ICU bed capacity as cases accelerated across the country.
The nightmarish predictions and reality led to the development of creative measures to
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Innovaccer Launches COVID-19 Command Center to Help Healthcare Organizations Manage Their COVID-19 Operations
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer launches COVID-19 Command
Center to assist healthcare organizations in optimizing their COVID-19
operations.
- The solution offers a unified
information hub to manage COVID-19 resources and operations and empower teams
with unprecedented visibility into their environment.
Innovaccer, Inc., a San
Francisco, CA-based healthcare technology company, today announced the launch
of its COVID-19
Command Center to assist healthcare organizations in
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5 Myth-Busting New Hospital ADT Notification Requirements
When doctors know their patients have been to the hospital, they can act fast to provide needed support. Widespread use of hospital event notifications is associated with all kinds of health benefits, including a 10 percent decrease in readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries. These event notifications are one of the simplest, easiest (most-bipartisan!), and most impactful changes we can make to improve patient outcomes in U.S. healthcare.
To this goal, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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Northwell Health Offers COVID-19 Screening Chat for NY Schools and Employers
What You Should Know:
- Northwell Health announced that its Northwell Direct unit, which works with large employers, will be offering Conversa HealthCheck to screen employees, customers, students, and visitors.
- HealthCheck is a quick, chat-based electronic screening
for symptoms and signs of exposure to COVID-19. If cleared, users receive a
digital "badge" that allows entry to a facility. If not cleared, they
are given additional information on staying home and steps for testing
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HHS Taps CVS Health for Pilot to Administer COVID-19 Therapy to Patients At Home & Long-Term Care Facilities
What You Should Know:
- Today, CVS Health was selected by HHS, as part of
Operation Warp Speed, to pilot the administration of a limited supply of
bamlanivimab, a monoclonal antibody therapy, with eligible COVID-19 patients
at-risk of severe infection or complications resulting from the virus.
- Under this pilot, Coram, the specialty pharmacy and
infusion care business of CVS Health, will administer the intravenous therapy
in patients’ homes or long-term care facilities to help meet the
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