If we don’t learn from history, are we doomed to repeat it? In 2009, as the H1N1 swine flu swept the globe, U.S. hospitals began to run out of test kits. Some had to set up tents to handle the rush of patients. Supplies of personal protective equipment including N95 respirator masks ran out in many places despite millions distributed from the national stockpile.
Today’s coronavirus crisis is exponentially worse yet eerily familiar. Hospitals in New York, the pandemic’s epicenter, are
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
DreaMed Launches Virtual Diabetes Clinic to Help Type-1 Diabetics Control Their Condition in Quarantine
What You Should Know:
- As COVID-19 spreads, DreaMed Diabetes unveils virtual diabetes clinic software to treat people with type 1 diabetes remotely.
- The virtual clinic utilizes Dreamed Diabetes’ AI-powered solution, to improve the insulin management treatment by analyzing the patient’s insulin and glucose data in the platform's algorithm and to remotely advise doctors on treatment.
- According to the CDC people with chronic medical conditions, including diabetes, have a higher risk
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What Does The CARES Act Mean for Hospitals and Health Systems?
As of today, the coronavirus has infected almost 2 million worldwide and caused the deaths of more than 125,000 people (Worldometer data as of 12:15 PM on April 14, 2020). In the United States, the relevant figures are more than 600,000 infected and north of 25,000 deceased. Without successful social distancing, those numbers could be dramatically worse.
And still, they are dwarfed by the massive numbers associated with the economic impact of the coronavirus and the illness it causes,
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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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TransformativeMed Expands Free COVID-19 EHR App to 10 Additional Health Systems
What You Need to Know:
- Today, TransformativeMed announced that it has expanded its free Cores COVID-19 App to an additional 10 health systems and medical centers across the U.S., as well as King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia.
- The Cores COVID-19 App is embedded in Cerner’s EHR and allows physicians and clinicians to track patient tests, segment them based on results, monitor symptoms checklists, track lab results, and summarize and react to comments and other information.
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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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Central, Searchable Repository for all COVID-19 Clinical Trials Launches
What You Need to Know:
- Inato unveils central, searchable repository for all COVID-19 clinical trials designed to support clinical researchers, physicians, and biopharma organizations.
- By centralizing all clinical studies being conducted worldwide and updating trial trends with new information from public registries and aggregators daily, Inato seeks to optimize COVID-19 clinical trial resource allocation and help address any unmet needs as quickly as possible.
Paris-based (and
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Intermountain Deploys COVID-19 Screener and Emergency Response Solution
What You Should Know:
GYANT announced that Intermountain Healthcare is leveraging
its COVID-19 Screener and Emergency Response Assistant to support patients
during this frightening and uncertain time.
GYANT’s COVID-19 assistant is allowing Intermountain
Healthcare to screen patients for symptoms and risk factors, as many people
aren’t sure if they should be tested for the COVID-19 virus.
Based on the patients’ responses, the assistant directs patients
to the
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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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3 Telehealth Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic
Although the concept of telehealth has existed for decades, it’s been relatively slow to catch on. Getting patients to feel comfortable with the idea of online care—and finding medical professionals who felt confident about conducting their work in a remote setting—has not been easy. Even with willing participants and infrastructure in place, bureaucratic red tape meant providers faced an uphill battle when it came to legally treating patients and being reimbursed for their virtual care.
As
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