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By Dave Muoio | 04:48 pm | May 20, 2020
Opt-in "Exposure Notifications" are included in new operating system updates on both companies' platforms and available now to worldwide public health agencies.
By Dean Koh | 04:30 am | May 20, 2020
Wysa’s chatbot uses CBT and engages users in meditation, breathing yoga and aims to help people build resilience skills.
By Dave Muoio | 12:40 pm | May 19, 2020
The consumer-facing digital platform for health testing was forced to pump the brakes on a similar offering roughly two months ago.
By HIMSS TV | 09:14 am | May 19, 2020
Biofourmis founder and CEO Kuldeep Singh Rajput discusses remote monitoring's role in reaching patients at home and reducing contact with COVID-19-positive patients.
By Dean Koh | 03:29 am | May 19, 2020
Researchers from SMART’s AMR IRG, NTU and MIT are working together to develop a rapid serological test and a rapid diagnostic test (RDT), based on protein detection.  
By Piers Ford | 02:18 am | May 19, 2020
Getting defibrillators to cardiac arrest patients as quickly as possible is a priority for emergency services everywhere. In one area of Sweden, 112 call takers will soon be able to dispatch a drone at the same time as an ambulance to drop a defibrillator near the patient if they suspect a cardiac arrest.
By HIMSS Media | 06:02 pm | May 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected us all. To honor those who have been lost and those who are working so hard to keep us well, HIMSS and its media brands will observe a digital day of silence and appreciation on May 18.  
By Tammy Lovell | 10:39 am | May 15, 2020
The tests give users the option to share information to aid national research into the virus.
By Dean Koh | 09:11 am | May 15, 2020
Professor Wang Linfa, Director of the Duke-NUS’ Emerging Infectious Diseases programme, and team conceived this research and invented the cPass diagnostic test.