COVID-19

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The CARE consortium will accelerate R&D by bringing together expertise from research institutions and pharmaceutical companies.

Dr. Elizabeth Marshall, director of clinical analytics at Linguamatics, an IQVIA company, discusses the data management and workflow challenges during COVID-19 – and describes how natural language processing can help.

With the research gathered in its study, Fitbit hopes to create an algorithm that can detect diseases such as COVID-19 before symptoms start using physiological signs.

During FutureMed 2020, Dr. Anders Tegnell, Sweden's state epidemiologist, said he supports the country's decision to keep schools open with social distancing guidance in place.

Companies are collaborating to extend the reach of Bluetooth exposure notification systems beyond smartphones.   

UK firms eConsult, Q doctor and Cognitant Group have integrated their services to create the new platform for primary care consultations.

Marc Probst, longtime CIO at Intermountain Healthcare and new CIO at ELLKAY, also discusses digital transformation and the cost challenges facing healthcare now – as well as the IT innovation he sees emerging from the COVID-19 crisis.

The Abu Dhabi technology company is currently spearheading the world’s first Phase III trials of one vaccine, with volunteers from the UAE and Bahrain taking part.