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New COVID-19 reporting requirements causing 'chaos'; contact tracing app has privacy issues

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COVID-19 and digital transformation

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The contact tracing opportunity presents perhaps one of our greatest challenges, given the scale at which it will be required to operate. For instance, a new open-source app from Massachusetts Institute of Technology notifies users if someone they have been in close contact with has tested positive so they can self-isolate.

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COVID-19: a technologist’s tale

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Apps, apps and more apps. The NHS has a troubled history with apps with local and national teams often competing to build in-house products, and thereby competing with industry. The NHS still has time to get its strategy right on apps but it’s going to need to gain trust and confidence from the population.

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Beyond telehealth: the virtual care technology trends that will transform healthcare

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Connected Health Mobility Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth How contact tracing, contactless experiences and remote monitoring will redefine healthcare and public health. Digital front door apps are all the rage. Contact tracing. However, the apps have failed to take off in the short term.

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Geisinger's digital strategy to combat COVID-19 and accelerate enterprise transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Our team added a COVID-19 resource hub to the app as a key feature that provided dynamic content to aid our first responders that saw an additional 400 app downloads and 3,200 app launches – while the COVID-19 resource hub was viewed 1,075 times. Leveraging technology to advance clinical protocol.