Population and Public Health

The approval of the tests comes as new cases of COVID-19 recorded today reached an all-time daily high – sparking fears of a new lockdown in the United Arab Emirates.

The tech giant is also teaming up with providers to use its capacities for vaccination. 

This morning at HIMSS' Accelerate Health series Dr. Karen Murphy discussed how the health system can apply lessons learned last year about flexibility, digitalization and payment reform to the future. 

The KnowNow COVID-19 test provides results in under 15 minutes.  

Trained and tested on roughly 100,000 RT-PCR records collected by the Israeli Ministry of Health, the algorithm looks at eight different features, including self-reported symptoms and age, to make its predictions.

This December, we look back at a challenging year – and forward to what we hope is a better, stronger, more connected and resilient healthcare ecosystem.

In addition to the award, Fitbit will begin a study with Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research to detect signs of illness in its employees.

College campuses have proven to be hotbeds for infection of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

If the vaccine candidates stay on track, an approved vaccine could hit the market by early 2021 or sooner.

The challenge, which officially launches in January 2021, was announced this week during HIMSS’ Health Equity Week.