Health & Human Services
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Multiple hospitals in rural Minnesota are reporting that Medicare is incorrectly rejecting claims for patient care due to a problem that appears to be related to a system put in place last year. -
The state is modernizing a legacy mainframe, working with federal counterparts and participating in the Child Welfare Technology Incubator initiative from the Administration for Children and Families.
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The hand-held, artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiogram, or ECG for short, has the ability to process the data as well as the larger machines that the paramedics have in their toolbox.
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In addition, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that any college within the state that has more than 100 positive coronavirus cases must report it to the New York Department of Health immediately.
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A series of grants aims to corral as many perspectives as possible from international and underserved communities so state and local governments can design safe, equitable contact tracing systems.
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A group of researchers at the University at Albany would like residents of the state of New York to start thinking of winter snow storm forecasting when they hear the term artificial intelligence.
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A new tool that is aimed at guiding Indiana’s schools through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will go live overnight after some tweaks, according to state officials familiar with the data map project.
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The Detroit-based company, which has had some of the most tangible success in applying human-centered design techniques to public-facing government processes, has teamed with the state again.
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After a data glitch blocked test result records from the Reportable Disease Information Exchange, state officials have signed a new deal with Minnesota-based health consulting firm OptumInsight for a new system.
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Researchers have been able to monitor the vital signs in healthy patients using Spot, the robotic dog, and have now set their sights on using the technology in hospital emergency rooms to monitor coronavirus patients.
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Alabama State University is implementing thermal screening technology that can detect some symptoms of COVID-19. The technology will be utilized in “high traffic” areas across the campus.
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Jessica Tisch, commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, explains how she pivoted to address the pandemic while maintaining and modernizing the massive city’s systems.
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COVID-19 has spread too quickly for local public health departments to keep up with the intricacies of contact tracing. Some experts suggest automation, not phone apps, is the key to moving forward.
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Work at Carnegie Mellon University originally intended to use machine learning to develop cost-effective bus routes for K-12 students in Allegheny County, Pa., pivoted amid COVID-19 to focus on food-insecure families.
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Student and employee names, dates of birth and negative COVID-19 test results were viewable via a public Microsoft Sharepoint file that the university’s contact tracing team was using to share information internally.
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A new study suggests that age, gender and even the region of the country being targeted with virus-tracking technology could have a lot to do with its success rate. Experts urge a tailored approach.
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The race to track the novel coronavirus’ spread through the state has been hampered by the need for more contact tracers. State health officials hope the release of a voluntary smartphone app will bolster their efforts.
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The state’s Department of Public Safety says some personal patient information within a novel coronavirus database was exposed in June. Officials say financial information, social security numbers were not accessed.
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A Pennsylvania health-care system affiliated with Prospect Eastern Connecticut Health Network suffered a malware attack on its computer network in June. Officials say the exposed data may include certain health information.
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The state is planning to offer a contact tracing app in early September to notify and track people who have potentially been exposed to COVID-19. The app will begin a pilot phase next week.
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A contact tracing app that was used to track the novel coronavirus across universities in the state is being made available to the general public. Officials say this app will work alongside the existing public health app.
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