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HIMSS launches a COVID-19 Digital Think Tank, which provides an online discussion forum where healthcare professionals and innovators to share ideas, products and best practices.
Using a designated kit ordered by a doctor, patients will be able to self-swab and mail their samples to LabCorp testing facilities. The self-collection kits will be available in "most states" in the coming weeks.
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A new digital training tool from FundamentalVR, developed with Imperial College in London, is helping to prepare them to ventilate patients on the front line.
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Patients are screened about COVID-19 status and other health factors, then provided with information about the nearest donation station.
Alongside the purchase of Amblyotech, the pharma company announced upcoming collaborations with major video game publisher Ubisoft and McGill University.
The new data will be available in the university's COVIDcast map, and on Facebook's Data for Good.
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In this COVID-19 era, the need for health and care systems to become agile and change is very real.
The new, shared online appointment and prescribing platform is intended to relieve NHS pressure.
Seven witnesses submitted statements and answered questions, leaving Senators with promising tech ideas, legislative priorities and words of caution.