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How smartphones can help to unlock COVID-19 testing capacity

Mobi Health News

JUNE 7, 2021

A new white paper from HIMSS suggests that the smartphone can hold the key to delivering capacity and enabling an innovative approach to rapid antigen testing as governments continue to wrestle with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UnitedHealth calculator helps schools, workplaces design COVID-19 testing strategies

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The calculator shows the estimated number of COVID-19 infections during the testing period, how much testing will cost per person and the number of potential false positives.

Roundup: Tech's role in tracking, testing, treating COVID-19

Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As the cases of COVID-19, increase, we are seeing a rise in digital epidemiology tools, chatbot helpers, EHR guidance tools and rapid response test kits.

EHR

COVID-19 testing startup Curative to lay off 109 employees while pivoting focus

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Curative is shifting from COVID-19 testing to launching a new health plan as testing needs decrease.

First OTC, app-connected COVID-19 test authorized by FDA

Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Alongside step-by-step instructions, the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test's accompanying app automatically reports users' results to the relevant public health authorities.

Public Health

Cue Health receives first-ever de novo authorization for at-home COVID-19 test

Mobi Health News

JUNE 8, 2023

The company was also the first to receive emergency use authorization for its home COVID-19 test in 2021.

Lucira Health files for bankruptcy as it receives EUA for home COVID-19, flu test

Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Lucira's diagnostic is the first over-the-counter at-home combination test for COVID-19 and flu authorized by the FDA.

Health startup MediCircle brings AI-powered rapid COVID-19 test to India

Mobi Health News

JULY 13, 2021

The company claims that the testing solution checks the spectral signature of a virus from a nasal or mouthwash sample to detect COVID-19 within seconds.

EU Covid-19 testing platform exposes database with 11.8m patient records

DigitalHealth

JANUARY 17, 2024

The COVID-19 testing platform, Coronalab.eu, has exposed a database containing 11.8 million patient records, according to a report in Cybernews.

FDA streamlines pathway to at-home asymptomatic COVID-19 test approval

Mobi Health News

MARCH 18, 2021

The agency will allow some COVID-19 tests to be used at home for regular asymptomatic testing.

Public Health

The latest on COVID-19 testing: FDA updates; Ready Responders land $48M to administer COVID-19 tests at home

Mobi Health News

APRIL 1, 2020

Also Cue Health scores $13 million from the department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development authority in order to fund its portable COVID-19 diagnostic test.

Smartphones may be able to play a role in COVID-19 testing, according to JAMA study

Mobi Health News

JANUARY 31, 2022

Researchers found that a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based methodology combined with smartphone detection was able to test for COVID-19.

UK health tech company Vatic launches on-the-spot COVID-19 saliva test

Mobi Health News

JANUARY 11, 2021

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

Amazon lands EUA for COVID-19 test with home sample collection

Mobi Health News

MARCH 29, 2021

According to FDA documents, the test is intended to help stop the spread of COVID-19 among Amazon employees. .

Life Science

Life Science Public Health

CMS Updates Payment For Certain COVID-19 Lab Tests

Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 26, 2020

The COVID-19 landscape as it relates to testing is frequently changing as CMS made wholesale changes and smaller adjustments to payment schedules. The article CMS Updates Payment For Certain COVID-19 Lab Tests appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. CMS announced Medicare will nearly […].

Medicare

U.S. inks $232 million deal with Ellume for at-home rapid COVID-19 tests

Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Ellume COVID-19 Home Test was the first rapid self-test authorized by the FDA for the detection of COVID-19 in individuals with or without symptoms.

Abu Dhabi introduces three new tests amidst surge in COVID-19 cases

Mobi Health News

JANUARY 26, 2021

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.

Lucence develops sample collection medical device to facilitate COVID-19 testing

Mobi Health News

MARCH 22, 2020

Genomic medicine startup Lucence announced that the development of the SAFER-Sample (Stabilization of nucleic Acid Formulation for Evaluation of RNA) kit, a sample collection medical device to facilitate more accessible testing of viral infections such as COVID-19.

The Digital Home: A Platform for Health, via Deloitte and the COVID-19 “Stress Test”

Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2021

Wherever you live in the world touched by the coronavirus pandemic, you felt (and were) stress-tested. In this year’s 2021 annual report by Deloitte into Connectivity & Mobile Trends, their report details How the pandemic has stress-tested the crowded digital home. A year after the first COVID-case emerged in the U.S.,

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With new EUA, LabCorp's COVID-19 diagnostic now handles asymptomatic, pooled testing

Mobi Health News

JULY 27, 2020

The FDA now allows LabCorp's platform to test patients with no COVID-19 symptoms, or to run samples from up to five patients at a time.

LetsGetChecked locks in $71M Series C to expand COVID-19 testing capacity

Mobi Health News

MAY 6, 2020

The startup, which specializes in a range of at-home testing kits, so far only offers a COVID-19 testing product for point-of-care providers.

Everlywell offering first at-home testing kits for COVID-19 amid testing lag

FierceHealthIT

MARCH 19, 2020

At-home health testing startup Everlywell will begin selling at-home COVID-19 testing kits to consumers. Though other private companies have been involved with creating tests for COVID-19, this is the first company to offer its test directly to consumers.

Raffles Medical Group launches first app-based COVID-19 testing booking service in Singapore

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Raffles Medical Group (RMG), a large integrated private healthcare provider in Asia with facilities in Singapore, China, Japan, Vietnam and Cambodia, last week announced the first seamless app-based booking, payment and receipt of COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in Singapore. WHAT’S IT ABOUT.

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Humana to offer home COVID-19 testing, drive-thru testing at Walmart

FierceHealthIT

JUNE 30, 2020

Humana to offer home COVID-19 testing, drive-thru testing at Walmart . Tue, 06/30/2020 - 14:02.

Do I Still Need To Be Tested For COVID-19 In The UK?

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As of April 2023, UK residents and visitors no longer need to take a COVID-19 test if they suspect they have the virus. However, there are several reasons why taking a COVID-19 test is a sensible idea. appeared first on Healthystic.

COVID-19 Testing Support

Optimum Healthcare IT

AUGUST 25, 2021

COVID-19 testing continues to be an important tool to slow the virus. The post COVID-19 Testing Support appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT. After many months of isolation, we're all ready to return to normalcy.

Healthcare IT

How the UAE COVID-19 saliva test works

Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Following peer-reviewed published research, the emirate of Dubai has introduced a more convenient test to detect the coronavirus in children.

VA healthcare slated for modernization; COVID-19 testing required for nursing home staffs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2020

Primary topic: Government & Policy Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: VA healthcare slated for modernization; COVID-19 testing required for nursing home staffs Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Medicare Part B spent $1.5B on COVID-19 tests in 2020, other testing decreased

FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 4, 2022

on COVID-19 tests in 2020, other testing decreased. Medicare Part B spent $1.5B Tue, 01/04/2022 - 14:29.

Medicare

Color announces layoffs as it rolls back COVID-19 testing

Mobi Health News

MARCH 3, 2023

In a post on LinkedIn, Color CEO Othman Laraki said the company would focus on its core lines of business, including testing and telehealth infrastructure for government programs and its prevention tools for employers and healthcare purchasers.

Telehealth

Insurers must cover at-home COVID-19 tests starting Jan. 15 under new CMS directive

FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 10, 2022

Insurers must cover at-home COVID-19 tests starting Jan. 15 under new CMS directive. Mon, 01/10/2022 - 16:18.

Express Scripts launches option for employers to cover over-the-counter COVID-19 tests

FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Express Scripts launches option for employers to cover over-the-counter COVID-19 tests. Wed, 11/10/2021 - 16:05.

UnitedHealth Group study finds self-administered COVID-19 tests as accurate as clinician-administered tests

FierceHealthIT

MARCH 25, 2020

A study led by UnitedHealth Group suggests that self-collected samples for COVID-19 testing are as effective as samples collected by clinicians.

First COVID-19 diagnostic test authorized for home sample collection

Mobi Health News

APRIL 21, 2020

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.

From Alexa to COVID-19 tests, Amazon expands healthcare aspirations in 2021

Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Alexa made moves into health systems and elder care, a new Halo wearable was released and the Amazon Care virtual care service began its expansion this year.

AMA pans CDC's 'confusing' COVID-19 isolation guidance, calls for negative test requirement

FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 5, 2022

AMA pans CDC's 'confusing' COVID-19 isolation guidance, calls for negative test requirement. Wed, 01/05/2022 - 16:00.

Telehealth and COVID-19 Testing

American Well

APRIL 3, 2020

Patients are increasingly confused about COVID-19 testing. At Amwell Medical Group (AMG), we have seen a sharp uptick in test-related questions and calls to our network operations center, and we wish to explain and clarify the role that telehealth plays in COVID-19 testing.

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DOC2US releases smart COVID-19 rapid test system

Mobi Health News

JULY 27, 2021

The diagnostic system enables self-testing and uses AI to prevent fraudulent results.

Boosted by Microsoft's tech, Adaptive Biotechnologies' new diagnostic test for COVID-19 gets FDA nod

FierceHealthIT

MARCH 11, 2021

Boosted by Microsoft's tech, Adaptive Biotechnologies' new diagnostic test for COVID-19 gets FDA nod. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 13:04.

New Jersey medical office sues Cigna over denied COVID-19 testing, treatment claims

FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 14, 2020

New Jersey medical office sues Cigna over denied COVID-19 testing, treatment claims. Fri, 08/14/2020 - 12:37.

One-minute 'game changing' COVID-19 breath test currently being trialled in Dubai

Mobi Health News

MARCH 16, 2021

The technology by Singaporean company, Breathonix can reportedly produce results within 60 seconds by detecting Volatile Organic Compounds [VOCs] in a patient’s exhaled breath. .

Senators want Medicare to reimburse at-home COVID-19 tests just like commercial insurers

FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 24, 2022

Senators want Medicare to reimburse at-home COVID-19 tests just like commercial insurers. Mon, 01/24/2022 - 16:20.

Medicare

Tech startup develops rapid COVID-19 test to be taken completely at home

FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Tech startup develops rapid COVID-19 test to be taken completely at home. Wed, 09/16/2020 - 10:53.

More hospitals turn to in-house tests to handle surge of COVID-19 patients

FierceHealthIT

MARCH 27, 2020

More hospitals and academic medical centers are turning to their own labs to develop in-house COVID-19 tests to bypass the long wait for results.

How smartphones can help to unlock COVID-19 testing capacity

UnitedHealth calculator helps schools, workplaces design COVID-19 testing strategies

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Roundup: Tech's role in tracking, testing, treating COVID-19

COVID-19 testing startup Curative to lay off 109 employees while pivoting focus

First OTC, app-connected COVID-19 test authorized by FDA

Cue Health receives first-ever de novo authorization for at-home COVID-19 test

Lucira Health files for bankruptcy as it receives EUA for home COVID-19, flu test

Health startup MediCircle brings AI-powered rapid COVID-19 test to India

EU Covid-19 testing platform exposes database with 11.8m patient records

FDA streamlines pathway to at-home asymptomatic COVID-19 test approval

The latest on COVID-19 testing: FDA updates; Ready Responders land $48M to administer COVID-19 tests at home

Smartphones may be able to play a role in COVID-19 testing, according to JAMA study

UK health tech company Vatic launches on-the-spot COVID-19 saliva test

Amazon lands EUA for COVID-19 test with home sample collection

CMS Updates Payment For Certain COVID-19 Lab Tests

U.S. inks $232 million deal with Ellume for at-home rapid COVID-19 tests

Abu Dhabi introduces three new tests amidst surge in COVID-19 cases

Lucence develops sample collection medical device to facilitate COVID-19 testing

The Digital Home: A Platform for Health, via Deloitte and the COVID-19 “Stress Test”

With new EUA, LabCorp's COVID-19 diagnostic now handles asymptomatic, pooled testing

LetsGetChecked locks in $71M Series C to expand COVID-19 testing capacity

Everlywell offering first at-home testing kits for COVID-19 amid testing lag

Raffles Medical Group launches first app-based COVID-19 testing booking service in Singapore

Humana to offer home COVID-19 testing, drive-thru testing at Walmart

Do I Still Need To Be Tested For COVID-19 In The UK?

COVID-19 Testing Support

How the UAE COVID-19 saliva test works

VA healthcare slated for modernization; COVID-19 testing required for nursing home staffs

Medicare Part B spent $1.5B on COVID-19 tests in 2020, other testing decreased

Color announces layoffs as it rolls back COVID-19 testing

Insurers must cover at-home COVID-19 tests starting Jan. 15 under new CMS directive

Express Scripts launches option for employers to cover over-the-counter COVID-19 tests

UnitedHealth Group study finds self-administered COVID-19 tests as accurate as clinician-administered tests

First COVID-19 diagnostic test authorized for home sample collection

From Alexa to COVID-19 tests, Amazon expands healthcare aspirations in 2021

AMA pans CDC's 'confusing' COVID-19 isolation guidance, calls for negative test requirement

Telehealth and COVID-19 Testing

DOC2US releases smart COVID-19 rapid test system

Boosted by Microsoft's tech, Adaptive Biotechnologies' new diagnostic test for COVID-19 gets FDA nod

New Jersey medical office sues Cigna over denied COVID-19 testing, treatment claims

One-minute 'game changing' COVID-19 breath test currently being trialled in Dubai

Senators want Medicare to reimburse at-home COVID-19 tests just like commercial insurers

Tech startup develops rapid COVID-19 test to be taken completely at home

More hospitals turn to in-house tests to handle surge of COVID-19 patients

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