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The state Department of Commerce’s Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy is working with an AI-powered health platform to support faster prescription renewals for state residents with chronic conditions. -
Medicare began covering telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic and has maintained the popular offering through temporary waivers approved by Congress since.
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A 'smart insulin patch' under development in North Carolina could render invasive injections and pumps obsolete.
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The effort has raised questions about patient privacy and whether the state is doing enough to inform consumers about how their data will be used.
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A first-of-its-kind system called ETHAN, for Emergency Tele-Health and Navigation, mashes EMT tradition with emergency-room triage and wraps it in modern technology.
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A behavioral scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will use the funds to conduct a randomized, controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of smoking-cessation programs delivered via mobile apps.
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The Iowa Healthiest State Initiative worked with public and private entities to develop a comprehensive assessment that businesses, government agencies, communities and schools can use to get healthier.
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The state is walking away from a $130 million investment in the Hawaii Health Connector and permanently moving technology functions to the federal Obamacare program.
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At UC Irvine's Designing Solutions for Poverty challenge, participants share their technology-based ideas created to alleviate either local or global poverty issues.
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Automated external defibrillators can check a person’s heart rhythm, recognize when a shock is required and advise the rescuer when to administer it.
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The released information included medical diagnoses, treatment information, Social Security numbers and personal identifying information such as names and addresses.
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Code for America highlights projects from its fellowship teams that are working to impact citizens in the areas of health, economic development, and safety and justice.
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Sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation, the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge drew participants from across the state thanks in part to an unusually large pool of cash prizes.
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Popular examples of success with precision medicine include curing cancerous tumors and in routine molecular testing for patients who suffer from various types of cancer.
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A ruling against the Affordable Care Act could end insurance subsidies for millions of people who live in the 37 states -- including Pennsylvania -- that rely on the federal marketplace.
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The new database would provide real-time online information of inpatient psychiatric beds available in Iowa and in border states contracted to serve Iowa patients.
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At Health Datapalooza 2015, CMS announced that it is opening up access to its digital archive, which previously was only available to researchers.
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