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Kroger Health, Gauss Offer First Smartphone-Enabled COVID-19 Test

February 18, 2021 - Kroger Health recently partnered with Gauss to offer the first smartphone-enabled, at-home rapid COVID-19 antigen test kit. The test kit will be the first rapid COVID-19 test that can be fully performed using only a smartphone and a lateral flow assay. It can also be used without laboratory tools, a telemedicine visit, or any specialized...

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CO Taps Google, Apple to Support COVID-19 Contact Tracing App

by Samantha McGrail

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...

Apple Mobility Data Tool to Track User Movement, COVID-19 Spread

by Samantha McGrail

Apple recently released a mobility data trends tool from Apple Maps to track and mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The app may be useful to governments and health authorities as a...

CommonHealth Enables Android Users to Share EHR with Health Apps

by Fred Donovan

The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is piloting CommonHealth, an open-source, non-profit service designed to enable people to securely collect their electronic health record (EHR) data...

UH Gets $1M Grant for App to Track Discharged Patients’ Opioid Use

by Fred Donovan

Cleveland-based University Hospitals (UH) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge to develop an app that tracks a patient’s opioid use after leaving the...

MyCHOP Portal and App Simplifies Adolescent Proxy Process

by Fred Donovan

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) teamed with chief information officers and chief medical officers from other pediatric healthcare organizations to simplify the adolescent proxy process...

VC Firms Invested More Money in Fewer Digital Health Deals

by Fred Donovan

Global venture capital (VC) firms invested more money in fewer digital health deals in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period last year, according to the latest stats from Mercom Capital...

Investors Pay $4.2B for Digital Health Startups in 2019 First Half

by Fred Donovan

Investments in digital health startups totaled $4.2 billion across 180 deals in the first half of 2019, putting the market on track to reach $8.4 billion this year, according to the latest data from...

MassChallenge Awards $220K To Five Digital Health Startups

by Fred Donovan

MassChallenge, a network of zero-equity startup accelerators, has awarded $220,000 in cash to five digital health startups as part of its HealthTech accelerator program. To select the winners,...

St. Joseph’s/Candler Deploys Patient Navigation System at Pooler

by Fred Donovan

Savannah, GA-based St. Joseph's/Candler is rolling out a patient navigation system to help patients and visitors find their way around its new 83,600 square-foot Pooler medical campus. The Pooler...

Digital Therapeutics Grows More Integrated into Care Delivery

by Fred Donovan

Digital therapeutics and connected health devices are becoming more integrated into healthcare delivery, according to a new report by PwC. In fact, 82 percent of physicians said they have discussed...

Growing Mobile Availability Fuels Healthcare Mobile Development

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

The dependence on mobile networks to keep patients and clinicians connected is expected to increase dramatically over the next several years, according to the latest GSMA Mobile Industry Impact Report....

Healthcare Mobile Content Management Supports Device Security

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

New mobile devices are constantly being introduced into health IT infrastructure systems and organizations are responsible for making sure devices are totally protected. Mobile content management (MCM)...

Mobile Health Tool Adoption Supports Population Health

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Organizations are adopting more healthcare mobile health tools as those tools are developed to help patients be more involved in their own personal health. These mobile tools can help clinicians more...

Healthcare Mobile Application Management Offers Security, Mobility

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Healthcare mobile applications are becoming more popular as organizations adopt mobile devices to increase workflow. Entities need to consider healthcare mobile application management (MAM) to help...

Securing Mobile Medical Apps on Devices Adds Flexibility

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

More mobile devices are being introduced into health IT infrastructure environments. Organizations must find the right way to manage and monitor different mobile medical apps to ensure reliable and...

Low-Power Healthcare IoT Devices Support Asset Tracking

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Healthcare IoT devices are becoming more common as organizations seek to collect more information from tools and patients. However, entities can be challenged when it comes to making sure IoT devices...

Healthcare Mobile App Usability Demands Efficient Development

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Healthcare mobile apps are becoming more popular as users adjust to the flexibility and easy access mobile tools offer. Mobility can improve workflow and allow clinicians to spend more time engaging...

How Healthcare Low Code App Development Increases Flexibility

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Healthcare entities are looking to become more agile and developing applications is part of that process. Healthcare low code app development platforms are used by developers to build applications...

Healthcare Enterprise Mobility Management Fuels Mobile Success

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Mobility solutions are gaining popularity as healthcare organizations seek ways to encompass more tools into their health IT infrastructure for increased flexibility and efficiency. Healthcare...

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