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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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SponsoredThe World Health Organization notes that almost all people affected by emergencies will experience psychological distress. Now, more than ever, actions to protect mental health are of the utmost importance. Governments must respond, recover, and reimagine in ways that devote resources, develop programs, and improve access to mental health care. -
New Jersey Transit is the third metro area transit agency to either deploy or investigate UV technology. NYC Transit was the first agency to use UV technology in May to disinfect subway car and bus interiors
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Airports around the world have been turning to technology to help slow the spread of the virus. Unlike hand-held no-contact thermometers, the thermal cameras can gauge the temperatures of several people at the same time.
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SponsoredThe identification of potential hot spots, reporting of infection and death rates, and its impact on the demand for health-care services is critical information that the U.S. and other countries need to decide how to restart their economies.
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Massachusetts expanded access to telehealth through executive orders meant to help hospitals and health-care providers respond to a surge in COVID-19 cases while continuing to care for patients' other medical needs.
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Since its inception in 2017, California-based software company Binti has been attracting government clients to its SaaS model to replace decades-old custom solutions with a more mobile, automated workflow.
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The company will use new software, dubbed the Distance Assistant, to alert warehouse employees when they are breaking social distancing guidelines. The tool has been likened to highway speed signs.
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The city of Vienna, Austria, has seen some success with boosting public transit ridership in the wake of the novel coronavirus. An official offered recommendations to improve stateside ridership with some safety adjustments.
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UW-Madison has released its most detailed look so far on how it will reopen amid a pandemic. The “Smart Restart” plan rewrites college norms and encourages young adults to limit social interactions.
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As with so many other aspects of life during the pandemic, the field of health care has shifted the bulk of its interactions to computer screens and mobile phones — the practice known as telemedicine.
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An accurate census requires good data in and good data out. With the 2020 census, the US has unprecedented challenges with both.
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Deloitte's new GovConnect software suite, built on the Salesforce platform, is meant to help governments set up contact tracing programs, manage business reopenings and support remote work, among other things.
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A collaboration between tech companies and several states got off the ground early in the pandemic using emergency contracts. As the programs enter their next phase, partners say they've worked out the kinks.
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Now that telehealth has been quickly rolled out across the nation and patients and clinicians have found the experience useful, it is unlikely that virtual doctor visits, in all its various forms, will be temporary.
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The goal of the program, Gov. Chris Sununu said, is to connect homes and businesses that still don't have access to reliable Internet. Schools, libraries and other places where Internet use is essential will be included.
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