Health & Human Services
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SponsoredH.R. 1 brings complex requirements and funding changes for SNAP, rural health and verification. Discover how a unified data strategy turns these mandates into opportunities. -
New research from Georgetown’s Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation reveals how states are navigating technology, governance and operations to improve access to public benefits like SNAP and Medicaid.
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The unique deal, done without venture capital or private equity, will position Nava’s public service delivery platform as an open source, end-to-end option for agencies to modernize their tech, Nava’s CEO said.
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With the coronavirus pandemic still gripping the planet, one of the newest avenues for con artists is in the field of telemedicine, in which health diagnoses and monitoring are rendered remotely and electronically.
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Public health experts warn that quick, effective tracing is key to reducing the spread, and while Massachusetts isn’t implementing mobile contact tracing due to privacy concerns, the governor hasn’t dismissed the idea.
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This week, an Indiana company will begin installing thermal screening systems for clients. The technology existed before the crisis, but officials said the heightened focus on public health has expanded the market.
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Scientific papers published and distributed using the PDF format are “not amenable to text processing,” a group of researchers wrote in a paper published last week. This means the technology is less effective.
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Nationwide, contact tracing is the key to reopening businesses and resuming some form of normal life as the coronavirus pandemic begins to subside, epidemiologists say. But no federal plan or funding is on the horizon.
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Two county DAs and New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli are coordinating with other law enforcement officials to protect the public from Internet scammers who are using COVID-19 to rip off unsuspecting people.
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With technology it originally used to detect opioids, the Massachusetts-based startup will expand its efforts to give health departments a more accurate picture of the prevalence of the coronavirus in local populations.
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Boston officials realized COVID-19 could overwhelm even the high-class hospital system of their local area, so they created a new facility, Boston Hope, with help from state and private partners.
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World food prices have now fallen as much as 4.3 percent amid the pandemic, potentially crippling rural economies and raising sharp concerns among farmers trying to sustain their operations.
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Across the region, commuters, business leaders and agencies are preparing for a leaner transportation future. Shelter-in-place kept people out of cars, unclogging busy freeways and draining bridge toll revenue.
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Policymakers and advocates want more demographic detail.
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Companies are working on applications to accurately trace virus exposure across the U.S. Despite a multitude of privacy concerns, the ACLU believes the tech could be effective and acceptable if it upholds six principles.
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As students and teachers across Illinois continue to adjust to the long-distance education prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the learning curve has been steepest for those in hands-on courses.
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The technology would alert users if they came too close to someone who had recently tested positive for the virus. That would allow public health officials to quickly move to isolate potential new cases of the virus and stop new outbreaks.
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Companies leading efforts to develop tracking apps pledge that participation would be voluntary and include guardrails to protect confidentiality. But the lack of meaningful data privacy rules heightens risks, experts say.
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State officials have confirmed that workers seeking to claim their weekly benefits online or file a new unemployment claim have been unable to do so through a system that has been flooded with users.
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Telehealth, used sparingly the past 10 to 15 years, has become a mainstay of everyday medicine. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has eased rules on telehealth and boosted payments for it.
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Disinformation of all different stripes is still a persistent problem when it comes to the COVID-19 crisis. Increased reliance on social media and spiking Internet use have helped fuel these campaigns.
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