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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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The coronavirus pandemic has upended Michigan's political campaigns in a big election year, cancelling glad-handing, door-knocking, house parties and rallies out of respect for new social distancing norms.
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An online platform called Aloha Trace is meant to track the spread of coronavirus throughout the state of Hawaii. The online survey focuses on respondent symptoms, location and movement in the community.
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Indicating the number of COVID-19 cases in a ZIP code does not necessarily identify the patients. But, the chances that a patient could be identified increase as health departments release additional information.
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Against its lawyer's advice, the city narrowly agreed to meet virtually during the next two weeks rather than in person as state and local health officials brace for escalating transmission of coronavirus in Nebraska.
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Robots are beginning to play a larger role during the pandemic. In hospitals, they are assisting medical professionals with disinfecting corridors, managing routine tasks and delivering meals.
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Two online surveys using data science both aim to collect and analyze how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Houston and its surrounding areas. Both surveys are have launched and are an initiative by Rice University.
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Scientists at Colorado State University are now focused on the new coronavirus, pivoting from ongoing work related to the human rotavirus, feline coronavirus and other similar pre-existing afflictions.
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Candidates for legislative offices in the state say that they’re more reliant now than ever before on social media and direct mail, with many searching for any way to connect with voters from afar.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf last week ordered schools closed for the rest of the academic year, meaning that digital learning between teachers and students will have to continue from now until the summer.
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The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Crisis Text Line had 1,016 conversations in March — almost double the number of conversations it had in February, said researchers in the state.
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The fleet of robots on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are on the front lines, working to deliver food and supplies to the several hundreds of students still stuck in residence halls during the pandemic.
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A new mobile-friendly website went online Wednesday to accommodate incalculable numbers of people applying in the wake of the coronavirus who have been unable to break through on the state’s troubled CONNECT system.
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With an eye toward possibly starting to test all of the company’s employees for the novel coronavirus, Amazon officials said Thursday that plans are underway to build a testing lab as work continues amid the pandemic.
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The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative has been digitally convening mayors from around the world for weeks to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, governmental response, and localized recovery efforts.
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Cellphone data can show who coronavirus patients interacted with, which can help isolate infected people before they feel ill. But how digital contact tracing is implemented matters.
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Plus, government support groups launch a new COVID-19 local action tracker, the Civic Innovation Challenge kicks off with $9 million in funding, and the New York State Digital Service is now hiring.
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Traffic data and publicly available smartphone data show mobility in Maine decreased steadily over the past five weeks as company work-from-home policies transitioned into school and business closures.
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The Knox County, Ill., Health Department will receive $592,520 in federal grant money as part of $4.5 million awarded to its congressional district through the Department of Health and Human Services to combat COVID-19.
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