Population and Public Health
[Since this article was published, the FDA has released an alert warning that it has not yet authorized any COVID-19 home testing kits]
The HIMSS Media editors discuss government and healthcare-organization response to the coronavirus, including chatbot services, drive-through testing sites and social-media monitoring.
In the first episode of The Alessi Agenda, Kevin Fenton, director of public health and wellbeing at Southwark, talks about how new technologies can help healthcare both build upon its existing infrastructure and evolve as patient needs change.
Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, chief clinical officer for Providence St. Joseph Health, talks about the use of chatbots, telemedicine and drive-thru clinics in treating the virus.
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the US, healthcare providers and industry experts take to Twitter to dispel myths.
From travel checkpoints to at-home screening, smartphone-based digital health tools could play a role in limiting outbreaks, writes Binah.ai CEO David Maman.
The accelerator will focus on human centered design, data integration, data interoperability and third-party solution integration.
Gaines discusses how the primary care provider's role is rapidly changing to include managing more aspects of the patient's life.
The new tool comes as cases of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) reached over 40,000 in China.