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.
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Apple, Google have teamed up to build system-level COVID-19 contact tracing, interoperable APIs for iOS, Android
Two of the biggest names in technology have formed an unprecedented partnership to introduce health data-sharing and COVID-19 contact-tracing technologies to the lion’s share of the smartphone market.
To combat COVID-19, FCC proposes $200M telehealth investment program
The proposal would fully fund telehealth services and devices for eligible healthcare providers, although some aren’t pleased with its exclusion of for-profit hospitals.
To combat COVID-19, FCC’s Ajit Pai proposes $200M telehealth investment program
On Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai pulled back the curtain on a $200 million program that would combat the COVID-19 crisis by bankrolling telecommunications equipment and services for qualifying healthcare providers.
Issue in Walgreens’ app led to customers seeing each other’s secure messages
In mid-January an error in the Walgreens app led to the leak of customers’ secure messages. Specifically, the error allowed customers to see each other’s information, including personal data such as names and prescription drug information.
Israel’s Sheba Hospital turns to telehealth to treat incoming coronavirus-exposed patients
Israel’s Sheba Medical Center is preparing to take custody of the 12 Israeli passengers onboard the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship that has been quarantined in Japan for several weeks because of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Amazon Care goes live for its Seattle-based employees
Amazon employees and their families living in Seattle will now have access to tech-enabled Amazon Care, CNBC first reported. This comes roughly five months after the news emerged that the company was planning this rollout.
Two-thirds of consumers say they’re interested in telehealth, but far fewer have given it a try
While roughly two in three American adult consumers say they would be willing to receive care via telehealth services, just 8% report having ever having a video visit with a doctor, according to survey data from telehealth American Well published yesterday in a white paper.
AmWell, Cisco partner on TV-centered telehealth platform for seniors
Seeking to better reach aging patients in their homes, telehealth company American Well has partnered with Cisco Systems on an upcoming effort to deliver virtual care through home television sets, the companies announced today at American Well’s annual Client Forum in Boston.
AMA chair: Digital health has great potential, but it’s often not living up to it
The American Medical Association has always had an interesting relationship with digital health, vacillating between gadfly and cheerleader as it seeks to fulfill its role as the voice of physicians in industry conversations.
At the Cleveland Clinic Patient Experience: Empathy and Innovation Summit, an event held in Cleveland this week and organized in conjunction with HIMSS, AMA Board Chair Dr. Jack Resneck Jr. laid out the AMA’s perspective on the tremendous potential of digital health technology — as well as the many ways that potential is not being fulfilled.