Population and Public Health
The first batch of these devices will be delivered in the later half of this month, said Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation initiative.
Roundtrip, the University of Pennsylvania, Lyft and Contra Costa Health services are joining forces to conduct the study.
Executives from SDOH technology platforms say they anticipate more public-healthcare funding to support social services infrastructure in the coming years.
The in-app study collects wearable data and asks participants about their recent symptom history.
Opt-in "Exposure Notifications" are included in new operating system updates on both companies' platforms and available now to worldwide public health agencies.
The HIMSS Media team discusses how vendors, payers and policymakers are looking to answer the growing demand for mental and behavioral health services.
Downloaded and used by millions of U.K. and U.S. residents, the study app provided data on which symptoms are associated with confirmed cases, and roughly how many untested users likely have the disease.
WHO also released guidelines about contact tracing for the coronavirus yesterday.
Users will now be able to collect a sample at home and send it to the lab in a sealed package.
Also Chinese startup develops smartglasses that can detect temperature.