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Medicare began covering telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic and has maintained the popular offering through temporary waivers approved by Congress since. -
Modernizing benefits delivery is no longer a question of “if,” it’s a question of “how well.” Making benefits more easily accessible improves staff workload, increases user satisfaction and improves outcomes.
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The COVID-19 pandemic seems to be creating a new industry around health verifications, otherwise known as health passports. Ticketmaster is considering such a verification for entry into concerts and other events. -
Bayhealth, a health-care provider serving southern and central Delaware, has notified 78,000 patients and donors that their information was involved in a May data breach of the nonprofit service provider Blackbaud.
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Plus, New York City announces winning projects for its civic tech contest around protecting tenant rights; MasterCard extends its City Possible network; Boston revamps its online housing assistance platform; and more.
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Butler County Job and Family Services is expanding their online capabilities to improve accessibility for their clients.
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The state’s health department has launched a voluntary smartphone app that will alert users if they have come in contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus. No personal information is shared in the app.
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The county says the program will let the local health office contact individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 and anonymously notify those they have been in contact with, according to a recent news release.
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A civic tech fellowship that was born out of crisis response earlier this year has now lead to nearly half a dozen successful digitization projects in New York City, with no sign of slowing down.
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The St. Lawrence Health System is one of the latest victims in an ongoing cyberattack campaign against U.S. hospitals. Federal agencies first issued a warning about the cyberthreat in late October.
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During the Smart Cities Connect Conference this week, tech leaders from Ohio and Colorado shared how digital operations morphed and grew during the COVID-19 crisis because of the earlier efforts to build smarter cities.
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Plus, Colorado’s contract tracing app is seeing large buy-in from users within the state, the U.S. Digital Response publishes a social media playbook for government, and how to map election turnout change data.
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Federal agencies are warning that — amidst an uptick in COVID-19 cases — the public health sector is being aggressively targeted by hacker groups. Some two dozen hospitals have already been affected.
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A project out of Georgia Tech has developed an online tool that could help state and local governments assess the risk of coronavirus spread at gatherings from dinner parties to protests in their regions.
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Another company has announced a vaccine management solution, this one especially focused on convincing people to take the vaccine by monitoring and addressing the obstacles of public opinion.
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Partially built on the Salesforce platform, Accenture is offering a new set of tools and consulting services for health departments and other agencies to meet unprecedented demand for a vaccine.
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SponsoredAs the U.S. continues to reel from the impact of COVID-19, contact tracing has become vital to containment and helping individuals get the right care.
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