Red Hat and artificial intelligence (AI) company DarwinAI recently collaborated to bring a COVID-19 tool to hospitals and healthcare facilities.
Dubbed COVID-Net, the AI tool is a neural network for COVID-19 detection using chest radiography, which can help to identify viral infections.
COVID-Net also aims to increase trust among researchers...
Machine learning models have the ability to predict the possibility of critical illness or mortality in COVID-19 patients, according to a Journal of Medicine Internet Research (JMIR) study.
Researchers from Mount Sinai analyzed health record data from over 4,000 adult COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in the Mount Sinai Health System in...
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) recently launched its statewide COVID-19 contact tracing system using the Google-Apple framework.
According to an announcement from Governor Jared Polis, CO Exposure Notifications is a free, voluntary service that will be available to Android and Apple iPhone users across...
KLAS and the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) recently released a report which found artificial intelligence (AI) to be one of the most promising emerging technologies in the next two years.
The report, Top of Mind for Top Health Systems 2021 noted that health system technology leaders found digital health solutions, such as AI, are one of the...
GE Healthcare recently announced that it launched a new edge computing technology to help clinicians collect, analyze, and act upon critical data closer to its source.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, providers have continuously turned to cloud technology to enhance the analysis of health data. But analyzing data from a distance can create...
IBM recently developed a blockchain-powered digital health passport platform to allow individuals to store and share their health status while protecting their privacy.
IBM Digital Health Pass will combine various dynamic data sources, including test results and on-site temperature scans, to allow individuals to safely store their health...
Microsoft Azure, UC San Francisco’s Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI), Fortanix, and Intel recently collaborated to establish a confidential computing platform to boost artificial intelligence (A) in healthcare.
The platform will include privacy-preserving analytics to accelerate the development and validation of clinical...
Tufts Medical Center recently announced a partnership with startup healthcare company, Olive, to leverage artificial intelligence to streamline COVID-19 testing operations.
The partnership will aim to improve care experiences for patients and providers by automating high-volume, labor-intensive data entry and patient screening tasks.
This step...
A University of Central Florida researcher is part of a new study, which found that artificial intelligence can detect COVID-19 in the lungs like a virtual physician.
Because COVID-19 looks similar to influenza-associated pneumonia, computed tomography (CT) scans are not the generally recommended diagnostic tool.
But the development of the...
The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently announced four awards totaling over $2.7 million to projects addressing the greatest healthcare data sharing challenges.
The awards were part of the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health IT (LEAP) program and will fund initiatives in hopes of...
Microsoft recently announced that Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare will generally be available on October 30, 2020, including managed services to support healthcare organizations.
The cloud service offering will allow patients to access their health organizations on their own terms, as well as personalize experiences through self-service...
FDA recently announced that it’s launching the Digital Health Center of Excellence within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDHR) to advance digital health technology
In the announcement yesterday, FDA said it will work to boost the advancement of mobile devices, software-as-medical-device (SaMD), wearables when used as a...
Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced that Washington and Oregon will join California in piloting a project to test promising exposure notification technology pioneered by Google and Apple.
An app developed by the technology giants confidentially notifies individuals who may have been exposed to someone who tested positive for the virus...
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital healthcare and although consumers are interested in virtual services, concerns over privacy, security, and trust still remain, according to the 2020 Accenture Digital Health Consumer Research report.
During COVID-19, virtual healthcare services became vital to slow the transmission of...
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently uncovered various technology challenges associated with health information exchange in various VA facilities, which are preventing utilization.
The OIG surveyed and interviewed the 48 lower-complexity, Levels 2 and 3 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities.
Additionally, watch dog...
Google Cloud and Amwell recently entered into a multi-year, strategic partnership to expand access to virtual care and improve patient and clinician experience.
The companies aim to deliver transformative telehealth solutions across the global healthcare ecosystem.
As part of the partnership, Google Cloud selected Amwell as its preferred global...
LSU Health New Orleans radiologists and anatomists recently teamed up to demonstrate that 3D digital models may be a better tool to visually evaluate COVID-19.
In a paper published in BMJ Case Reports, Bradley Spieler, MD, vice chairman of radiology research andassociate professor of radiology, internal medicine, urology, and cell biology and...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched a medical imaging center, which leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to fight COVID-19.
The center, called the Medical Imaging and Data Resource (MIDRC), will create new tools that physicians can use for early detection and personalized therapies for coronavirus...
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) and IBM recently signed a three-year public cloud agreement that will allow public sector organizations like the National Health Service (NHS) to innovate with digital solutions and services to help evolve essential services for UK citizens.
Through IBM’s public cloud, organizations in highly regulated...
Virginia recently launched a contact-tracing app to notify individuals if they were exposed to the coronavirus, becoming the first state in the US to use the Apple-Google COVID-19 exposure technology built into smartphones.
The app known as Covidwise uses the Apple-Google framework and Bluetooth technology to determine how close and how long...
