COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has driven some UK GPs to digitise patient consultations at speed – achieving transformation in weeks with the help of online triage tools.

Also: HHS awards $20 million in telehealth access, infrastructure funds; Lumi launches online service.

As 14 European health innovation projects receive more than €6 million in funding from EIT Health, CEO Jan-Philipp Beck says the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the speed of change enabled by digital healthcare and telemedicine – and not before time.

Mental health and well-being for healthcare workers have become an increasing concern, given their increased workloads and stress levels in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.  

[May 1] As the cases of COVID-19 increase we are seeing a rise in digital epidemiology tools, chatbot helpers, EHR guidance tools and rapid-response test kits. 

As racial disparities surface in the coronavirus pandemic, tapping diverse perspectives to create digital health tools is key.

The French company analysed aggregated data from its scales, smartwatches and sleep monitoring devices.    

The company fielded a major spike in demand and now paints a rosy long-term picture for its telehealth business, although its poor EPS disappointed some investors. 

Patient Orator founder and CEO Kistein Monkhouse discusses the long history of racial inequalities in healthcare, and how technology can pinpoint those with the highest risk.

Covid med ed aims to train healthcare volunteers in skills to cope with the pandemic.