What You Should Know: - Scanwell Health announced the first clinical-grade rapid at-home test for COVID-19. - Scanwell secures exclusive rights to license China FDA-cleared rapid serology test from INNOVITA; Partners with nationwide telehealth provider Lemonaid Health to distribute smartphone-enabled tests to individuals in the U.S. - After a quick screening, eligible patients are sent a kit via next-business-day delivery. Patients take the test at home and
Read More
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
AWS Launches $20M Initiative to Accelerate COVID-19 Diagnostics, Research, and Testing
What You Should Know: - Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced its commitment of $20 million and the launch of the Diagnostic Development Initiative to support customers who are working to bring better, more accurate, diagnostics solutions to market faster and promote better collaboration across organizations. - With the assistance of AWS, customers can accelerate diagnostic research, innovation, and development to speed our collective understanding and detection of COVID-19 and other
Read More
Sharecare Launches Comprehensive, Medically Verified COVID-19 Information Hub
What You Should Know: - Sharecare announced the availability of a central COVID-19 information hub featuring the latest developments, guidance, and resources in response to the pandemic. - The Sharecare COVID-19 information hub was created to provide people with easy access to the latest content and tools for COVID-19 preparedness, awareness, and prevention including interactive maps and data; articles, videos, and infographics detailing the latest news – in addition to direct links to
Read More
COVID-19’s Impact on Telehealth & HIPAA Regulations
The declaration of COVID19 as a pandemic and the United States declaring a national emergency to help contain and enhance treatment access have resulted in a number of changes to ease potential regulatory burdens or barriers in healthcare. Like so much happening as a result of the pandemic, the changes have the potential to fundamentally change the healthcare industry not just during the time of the emergency declaration. Of particular note are coordinated announcements from various agencies
Read More
At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits Will Be Available to U.S. Consumers for $139 on March 23rd
What You Should Know: - Everlywell announces that an at-home collection kit with telehealth diagnosis for COVID-19 will be available to consumers starting Monday, March 23 for $139. - The initial offering of 30,000 collection kits will significantly impact total coronavirus testing capacity in the United States; free telehealth consults are included for those with positive results. - By working with multiple labs to scale infrastructure, the company plans to have testing and diagnosis
Read More
COVID-19: Glooko Offers Free Remote Care to Medical Clinics and People with Diabetes
What You Should Know: - Glooko today announced that during the COVID-19 pandemic they are taking action to serve the global diabetes community by providing a no-charge remote care solution that provides live patient-to-clinician connectivity. - To minimize the risk to people with diabetes during this time by broadening access to a remote medical appointment with healthcare providers, Glooko is offering its secure, privacy-protected remote care solution at no charge to medical clinics and
Read More
Jump Technologies Offers Hospitals Free Supply Chain Solution for Tracking COVID-19 Supplies
What You Should Know: - Jump Technologies offers new supply chain solution free of charge to help hospitals manage utilization of critical supplies and avoid stockouts during high volume COVID-19 response. - From a single screen, hospitals can easily see where existing supplies are located (in hospital storage or in a warehouse); track consumption by department, clinic, or user; and forecast potential stockouts. The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has placed unique
Read More
Stanford Alumni Scientists, Physicians Launch StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force
What You Should Know: - More than 1500 Stanford faculty and alumni announced the launch of StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force featuring 70+ StartX Med Innovators with medical breakthroughs for the prevention, diagnostics, and treatment of coronavirus mobilize efforts to fast-track public health needs during the pandemic. - The StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force will collaborate on outreach to government agencies, regulatory bodies and healthcare systems in the interest of public health for
Read More
Blue Shield of CA Offers COVID-19 Screener and Emergency Response Assistant
What You Should Know: - Blue Shield of California offers COVID-19 Screener and Emergency Response Assistant (COVID-19 SERA) to help handle anticipated surge of COVID-19 patients. - The COVID-19 SERA is developed by GYANT can be customized for each health system's emergency response plan, and it is updated in real-time with latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO). Blue Shield of California is offering a new digital tool
Read More
COVID-19: MEDITECH Offers Expanse Ambulatory Expanse Customers It’s Scheduled Virtual Visits Functionality Free of Charge
What You Should Know: MEDITECH offers Expanse Ambulatory and Patient Portal users complimentary deployment of our Scheduled Virtual Visits functionality for a six-month period. This solution, deployed through MEDITECH’s rapid response team, can assist customers in battling the spread of the COVID-19, reducing unnecessary risk to others and identifying the patients in need of care. In an effort to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, MEDITECH announced it will offer all customers
Read More
