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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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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. -
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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Telemedicine has proved effective during the pandemic, keeping people away from crowds and allowing more one-on-one time between patients and caregivers. But West Virginia has a connectivity problem.
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The new technology, which is being deployed by some businesses, can be programmed to provide alerts for anyone with temperatures over the normal range as well as to remind those not wearing a mask to put one on.
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Two California agencies are in the proof of concept stage of a procurement for a statewide homeless data integration system. Tackling the homelessness in the state has long been a focus of the Newsom administration.
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Sonoma County's public health lab has begun receiving equipment to reduce coronavirus test turnaround times and triple the number of tests processed daily by the lab to between 900 and 1,200.
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