The COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken 270,000 American lives to date, has shined a light on another crisis — the U.S. currently has no standardized system for reporting public health data. Health departments all over the country resort to using paper, fax, phone, and email to transmit and receive critical information, and essential healthcare workers are spending precious time retyping data into systems from printed reports and PDFs.
At the heart of this lack of a centralized infrastructure
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How Hackers Are Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Chains – Q/A
With the US and other major countries poised to begin national
distribution of multiple FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines, the cybersecurity threats
to secure COVID19
vaccine distribution is imminent. Earlier this month, IBM released a report on malicious cyber actors targeting
the COVID-19 cold chain—an integral part of delivering and storing a vaccine at
safe temperatures.
Impersonating a biomedical company, cyber actors are sending phishing and spear-phishing emails to executives and global
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Powered by Blockchain, IBM Watson Health Launches IBM Digital Health Pass
What You Should Know:
- IBM Watson Health launches IBM Digital Health Pass solution that will allow individuals to verify their health status while maintaining complete control of their personal health data.
Today at HLTH VRTL 2020, IBM Watson Health announced plans to launch IBM Digital Health Pass, which is being designed to help support organizations as they return individuals to a physical location, such as a workplace, school, stadium or airline flight. The new solution is powered
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Amidst the Pandemic, IT Teams Turn to the Cloud to Protect Patient Data
The challenges facing healthcare during COVID-19 are more than biological. Healthcare providers are weathering a perfect storm as hackers take advantage of the commotion and ramp up their attack frequency and sophistication.
This isn’t surprising for those familiar with the hacker playbook, as cybercriminals typically go after victims that are the right combination of vulnerable and profitable. And right now, the valuable troves of personal health data held by providers, focused on battling
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IBM Watson Health, OrbitalRX Launches Solution to Combat U.S. Drug Shortage
What You Should Know:
- IBM Watson Health and OrbitalRX launches an integrated solution to assist hospital pharmacy providers in managing drug shortages.
- Joint offering pairs pharmacy supply chain management
capabilities with evidence-based drug content, designed to help hospital pharmacy
teams manage drug shortages.
- OrbitalRX with Micromedex will create a single source
for healthcare providers and pharmacists to access the latest evidence-based
clinical information alongside a
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Lyra Health Reaches $1.1B Valuation After $110M Series D to Meet Demand for Teletherapy
What You Should Know:
- Mental health benefits provider Lyra Health raises $110M
in Series D funding, bringing its valuation to $1.1 billion.
- Lyra has grown significantly in 2020. So far this year,
the company has added more than 800,000 new members to the population eligible
to receive Lyra benefits, bringing its total member population to more than 1.5
million.
- Amid, the COVID-19 pandemic, Lyra is focused on
expanding its enhanced teletherapy offering — Lyra Blended Care —
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4 Ways Businesses Will Adapt Their Healthcare Landscape
The coronavirus pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives, from how we work to how we get our health care. The crisis has put the creativity of many small businesses to the test after being forced to move operations online once social distancing became the norm. As economies reopen, many aspects of our life that changed in response to the virus will likely return to the way they were.
However, we have the opportunity to emerge stronger from this crisis if the salient shortcomings from
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2020 Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals List
What You Should
Know:
- Fortune and
IBM Watson Health named the 100 Top Hospitals that are setting new standards
for using technology to improve operational efficiency, quality care and
safety.
- The rapid shift to virtual care amid COVID-19 put a bigger spotlight on the barriers impeding digital transformation, but this year’s top hospitals are leading the way for practical approaches to using telehealth and predictive modeling as well as data as a foundational measure to align
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IBM Unveils Watson Works for Data-Driven Insights to Address COVID-19 Return to Workplace Challenges
What You Should Know:
- Today, IBM launched Watson Works, a curated set of
products that embeds Watson AI models and applications, to help companies
navigate many aspects of the return-to-workplace challenge following lockdowns
put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.
- Watson Works provides data-driven insights to help
employers make informed decisions on workplace re-entry, facilities management,
space allocation and other COVID-related priorities.
IBM today unveiled Watson
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The DNA Company Acquires AI Digital Therapeutics App for $30M to Form My Next Health
What You Should Know:
- DNA Company acquires AI-based digital therapeutics app My Pain Sensei (MPS) to form My Next Health and is building a COVID-19 risk assessment platform to help people understand their risks of developing serious COVID-19 complications.
- The acquisition combines functional genomics with conversational AI for patient self-management apps and disease tracking tools designed to inform clinician-patient interactions.
Leading functional genomics provider The
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