Healthcare IT Infrastructure News for IT pros in the Healthcare Industry

Google Cloud Releases COVID-19 Public Forecasting Model

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Google Cloud and the Harvard Global Health Institute recently launched the COVID-19 Public Forecasts to provide accurate and free projections of coronavirus cases, deaths, and other metrics over two weeks. The platform will be an additional resource for first responders in healthcare, the public sector, and other impacted organizations to prepare...

Google Cloud to Advance Wipro Limited’s System, Data Processing

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Google Cloud recently announced that it will now be the cloud provider for Wipro Limited’s enterprise-wide systems applications and products in data processing (SAP) footprint. The partnership will bring SAP applications and workloads to the cloud to support over 180,000 of Wipro’s employees. Specializing in global information...

Google Cloud, Orange Partner to Boost AI, Edge Computing Services

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Google Cloud and telecommunications operator, Orange, recently partnered to advance edge computing and cybersecurity services through artificial intelligence and data analytics..  The companies will specifically focus on the transformation of Orange’s IT infrastructure, using artificial intelligence and data to bring cloud-computing...

US Dept of Energy Releases Plans for Quantum Internet Development

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The University of Chicago and the US Department of Energy (DOE) recently unveiled a blueprint strategy for the development of a national quantum internet. A quantum internet is essentially a platform where computers, networks, and sensors exchange information in a new manner. Sensing, communication, and computing will be able to work together...

Google, Box Extend Partnership to Transform Work in the Cloud

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Google Cloud and Box Inc recently partnered to help customers transform the way they work and enhance the experience for organizations using G Suite with Box to power secure work in the cloud. As part of the collaboration, Box will use Google Cloud to enhance the scale, performance, and intelligence of its cloud content management platform globally...

Google Cloud Launches Multi-Cloud Solution to Help Orgs Analyze Data

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Google recently launched BigQuery Omni, a multi-cloud analytics platform designed to help customers to bring the power of BigQuery to data stored in Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft Azure. Through Google Cloud’s current hybrid and multi-cloud application, Anthos, BigQuery Omni aims to support enterprises with breaking...

Microsoft, Allscripts, to Enhance Cloud-Based Health IT Solutions

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Microsoft and Allscripts recently announced a five-year extension of their long-standing collaboration, which will expand the development and delivery of cloud-based health IT solutions. The extension will support Allscripts cloud-based Sunrise electronic health record designed to help transform healthcare with more scalable technology. Sunrise is...

Artificial Intelligence Enhances Cervical Cancer Screenings

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A computer algorithm that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to automate dual-stain (DS) evaluation improved the accuracy and efficiency of cervical cancer screening compared with Pap cytology, according to a recent study. Researchers found that all DS strategies achieved equal or better sensitivity for detection of a clinical end point...

Medicaid Needs Health IT Infrastructure Update for Enrollment Bump

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Although the COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the weaknesses in the healthcare system, one of the most prominent weakness that has affected the country is antiquated health IT infrastructure in the Medicaid program, according to an independent health economist. Antiquated IT has blocked individuals from receiving their unemployment insurance...

Diagnostic Robotics, Mayo Clinic Bring Triage Platform to Patients

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Diagnostic Robotics recently announced a collaboration with Mayo Clinic to implement its artificial intelligence-driven prediction and digital triage platform. The platform will supplement the physician decision-making process in real-time by assisting with the clinical intake of patients visiting emergency rooms, urgent care clinics, and even...

Roche Launches Digital Pathology Platform for Lung Cancer

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Roche recently announced the CE-IVD launch of its automated digital pathology platform, uPath PD-L1 (SP263) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). uPath PD-L1 image analysis uses artificial intelligence (AI) to easily provide pathologists with automated assessments of scanned slide images that are reproducible and can aid diagnosis and target...

NIH to Collect Patient Data with New COVID-19 Analytics Platform

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched a new COVID-19 analytics platform that will provided a centralized, secure enclave to analyze medical record data from coronavirus patients to understand the disease and develop effective COVID-19 treatments. The study is part of an effort called the National COVID Cohort Collaborative...

Quick Response Codes on Casts Improve Adherence to Care Plan

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A new study released as part of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Virtual Education Experience, found that quick response (QR) codes may be an effective method to relay follow-up instructions once patients are sent home with a cast. The study, QR Codes- Alternative Methods for Cast Care Instructions in Children, leveraged data on...

Change Healthcare Taps Adobe, Microsoft for Patient Experience Tech

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Change Healthcare recently unveiled a new suite of patient experience technology developed with the help of Adobe and Microsoft. In a recent press release, Change Healthcare announce the  Connected Consumer Health suite, a platform that boosts patient experience by addressing rising demand for a more transparent and streamlined healthcare...

Cloud Database of COVID-19 Patient Data to Aid Pandemic Efforts

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Clinicians, informatics, and other biomedical researchers will partner with HHS to leverage medical records and turn patient data into effective COVID-19 treatments through a more secure cloud-based database, according to a recent press release. Through the National COVID Cohort Collaborative, the institutions affiliated with the National...

Artificial Intelligence Helps Detect Early COVID-19 Symptoms

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The West Virginia Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) and WVU Medicine, along with Oura Health, are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to detect COVID-19 symptoms nearly three days before they show up, according to a recent press release. The new digital platform uses the RNI app, the Oura Ring, AI, and 24/7 secure wearable devices to...

SADA Launches Data Sharing Portal to Aid in COVID-19 Recovery

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SADA recently announced the official launch of the National Response Portal (NRP), which is designed to boost efficient data sharing among healthcare providers and policymakers during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The portal, envisioned by HCA Healthcare and built in partnership with Google, aims to safely share and display anonymous, aggregated...

AVIA Opens COVID-19 Platform to All Healthcare Organizations

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AVIA recently announced the opening of its COVID-19 Resource Hub to all US hospitals US, designed to provide digital health communities and resources. Through its new partnerships with the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), Conifer Health Solutions, and Gensler, AVIA will boost health system support and digital health strategies through its...

Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Identifies COVID-19 in CT Scans

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Researchers at Mount Sinai are the first in the country to use artificial intelligence (AI) to detect COVID-19 in patients based on CT scans of the chest combined with clinical data, according to a recent study published in Nature Medicine.  Traditionally, COVID-19 lab tests can take up to two days to complete, but artificial intelligence has...

New Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare to Tackle COVID-19 Challenges

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Microsoft recently announced its first industry-specific cloud offering that allows organizations to engage in more proactive ways with their patients and gives caregivers the tools to improve workflow efficiency and streamline interactions. The offering, Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, brings together deep data analytics for both structured and...