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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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With more than 800,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., analog tracking methods are not enough. A new software tool called Sara Alert, developed by a federally funded nonprofit, aims to solve the problem. -
The novel coronavirus has surfaced new approaches to monitoring the spread of the pandemic. Some officials have called for cellphone tracking to meet this end, stirring controversy around personal privacy.
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The Immigrants' Assistance Center will use a $15,000 grant to buy Chromebooks, art supplies, school supplies and gift cards to grocery stores for New Bedford, Mass., elementary school students who are in need.
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Callers can talk with the Public Service Commission’s consumer affairs division, which will help explain what Internet and phone service is available and help assess eligibility for communication services discounts.
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Johnstown Redevelopment Authority has been awarded a $1.95 million U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration grant to house a telehealth company in the former Cambria-Rowe Business College building.
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In conducting virtual meetings, a challenge public agencies face is making sure constituents have a chance to be heard. Many programs used for video interactions necessitate the muting of microphones for large groups.
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The state transportation department said Wednesday that, starting in May, a public-private partnership will use drones to deliver critical medical supplies and food during the COVID-19 response.
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Gov. Brian Kemp announced the release of a free telehealth app that would allow residents to be screened by a medical clinician via video call or phone. A separate Web portal is also tracking infected individuals.
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Robots are helping health care workers and public safety officials more safely and quickly treat coronavirus patients and contain the pandemic. They have something in common: They're tried and tested.
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Despite limited capacity to test for COVID-19 in Maine, the state is proceeding carefully and reviewing how well newly approved home collection kits work before promoting their use to residents there.
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Utica, N.Y., recently held a public hearing in connection with reducing the budget for the city’s street repair plans via videoconference, and the meeting was just over two minutes with no public input.
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Along with Apple, Google and other entities around the world, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is developing mobile software and an online tool for governments to trace and publicize COVID-19 cases.
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As the novel coronavirus continues to batter the U.S., transit agencies are searching for ways to reach riders and staff. Despite sweeping ridership declines, many frontline health workers rely on transit services.
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Michigan is seeking to pinpoint who might be infected with coronavirus by following physical interactions in a technique called contact tracing. It calls folks to let them know they might have been exposed.
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As COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm Maryland’s medical system, hospitals are rushing to embrace long-promised but little-used innovations of telemedicine, remotely delivering care in an effort to keep patients home.
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