Coronavirus
This week's top stories include shadow pharmacies peddling bogus COVID-19 cures, HHS giving hospitals additional aid and the challenges of optimizing the combination of virtual care and in-office visits.
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Also - NHS Digital integrates the eConsult digital triaging service into the NHS App.
COVID-19 second peak could see almost 10 million patients waiting for NHS services, according to ne…
Patients can estimate waiting lists for treatment at hospital with the tool from digital hospital Medbelle.
HP's Daniel Colling and Raja Bhadury explain the company's moves to enhance telemedicine, accelerate vaccination research, and improve data and device security in the battle against the pandemic.
The research effort is a collaboration with nonprofit 4YouandMe, and will collect self-reported symptoms and wearables data from 300 high-risk participants.
Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, EVP and chief clinical officer at Providence St. Joseph Health, discusses how the coronavirus pandemic will affect the future of clinical care.
Created in collaboration with the Swiss technology company, the Fine Guard face masks offer “five levels of protection against human coronavirus 229E,” and “holds promise in the fight against COVID 19.”
Of 50 worldwide COVID-19 apps analyzed in Nature Medicine, only 16 promised to anonymize, encrypt and secure the data they collect.
The respiratory guard system, developed by Hospitech Respiration, has been used to treat ventilated COVID-19 patients.
The Fast Start funding comes from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, and the government to enlarge the IWS programme.