What You Should Know: -Experian Health is partnering with Epic to expedites access to Precise ID® for Epic customers to address COVID-19 identity verification challenges. - Collaboration aims to accelerate vaccination efforts with swift implementation and touchless identity proofing for high volume immunization programs. As part of its ongoing efforts to assist the healthcare industry with pandemic-related challenges through the power of data and
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3 Ways Hospitals Can Improve Employee Communication—Now and Beyond the Pandemic
This year and the coronavirus pandemic brought new challenges to hospitals and healthcare facilities across the globe. And while the first phase of vaccine distribution has put a light at the end of the tunnel, many regions are still handling surging cases as a result of the holiday season. As we navigate combatting the latest surge and distributing the first rounds of the vaccine, hospital and healthcare system leaders should use lessons learned from this year to ensure the doctors,
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Google Cloud Launches Intelligent COVID-19 Vaccine Impact Solution with AI-Powered Forecasting, Sentiment Analysis
What You Should Know: - Google Cloud, today announced the launch of its Intelligent Vaccine Impact Solution, a set of core solutions to help regional and local governments deliver successful COVID-19 public health strategies, ranging from vaccine information and scheduling to distribution and analytics, to forecasting and modeling COVID-19 cases, and more. - The Intelligent Vaccine Impact solution includes forecasting and modeling COVID-19 cases to inform vaccine distribution, vaccine
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A New System to Fit A New Economy: How Healthcare Can Recover From COVID-19
We are at a watershed moment. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to reevaluate our priorities both economically and with regard to public health. Living with a healthcare system that was created in response to an emergency measure during World War II, US consumers have struggled for more than a decade to control and understand the rising cost of healthcare. Unfortunately, employer-based health insurance and government-subsidized care continue to be the major drivers of cost and policy. As
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Mammoth Biosciences, Agilent Partner on High-Throughput CRISPR-Based SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic Test
What You Should Know: - Mammoth Biosciences, the company bringing CRISPR out of the lab to help fight COVID-19 announced a partnership with lab giant Agilent to automate and scale its CRISPR-based high throughput testing system. - Building on existing partnerships with Hamilton and Merck, this deal will help deliver a workflow capable of performing more than 4,000 COVID-19 tests per day. Mammoth Biosciences, Inc. today announced a co-marketing agreement with Agilent Technologies to
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Cedars Sinai Launches COVID-19 Recovery Program
What You Should Know: - Patients in the Cedars-Sinai COVID-19 Recovery Program
receive a comprehensive in-person evaluation with an expert in infectious
diseases or pulmonary medicine who can refer them to a network of specialists. Cedars-Sinai,
today announce the launch of the COVID-19 Recovery Program to meet the needs of a
growing number of COVID-19 patients who experience lingering symptoms weeks and
even months after physicians say they are virus-free. COVID-19
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West Virginia Launches Nation’s First Statewide COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
What You Should Know: - West Virginians will now have access to a COVID-19
vaccination pre-registration tool available statewide. - West Virginia is the first state in the nation to deploy this new system through Everbridge, a global provider of critical event management technologies. The tool enables West Virginians to pre-register for COVID-19 vaccination and receive updates through text, phone, and/or email. President Joe Biden has made it his priority to tackle COVID-19
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Cognizant and XPRIZE Announce Finalists For $500k COVID-19 Pandemic Response Competition
What You Should Know: - Cognizant, a Fortune 200 leader in technology and
professional services, recently partnered with XPRIZE on the Pandemic Response
Challenge, a global competition aimed at fighting the pandemic and mapping a
course for safely reopening societies using artificial intelligence. The
challenge began in November 2020 and recently entered its final phase. - The 48 finalist teams from 17 countries were selected
from 104 semifinalist teams from 28 countries following an
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Therma Fisher Acquires Rapid COVID-19 Test Provider Mesa Biotech for $450M
What You Should Know: - Thermo
Fisher Scientific Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire
Mesa Biotech, Inc., a San Diego,
CA-based molecular diagnostic company, for approximately $450 million in cash.
Under the terms of the agreement, Thermo Fisher will pay up to an additional
$100 million in cash upon the completion of certain milestones following the
close of the transaction. - Mesa Biotech designs, develops, manufactures, and commercializes next generation Rapid PCR
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Leveraging Technology and Data for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
After months of uncertainty, hope is finally on the horizon as three viable COVID-19 vaccine candidates are moving closer towards approvals for public distribution. Getting to this stage was extremely labor-intensive, but unfortunately, it’s not the end of the hardships. The coronavirus vaccine will represent the largest vaccine distribution in U.S. history, and manufacturing and distributing the vaccines will have its own fair share of difficulties for healthcare systems. In order to optimize
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