Trump administration’s sudden shift on COVID data leaves states in the lurch
Changes in the reporting of the data will make it harder for health and public officials, as well as the general public, to understand how the virus is spreading.
Contact tracing programs must be digital, automated and protect individual privacy
Contact tracing will be one of the most critical weapons in a community’s public health arsenal, so the faster governments deploy digitally driven systems, the sooner they’ll understand the full impact of the spread -- and will be able to go on the offensive against the virus to protect their citizens.
Biases in algorithms hurt those looking for information on health
The algorithms underlying health recommendations on social media platforms are biased toward engagement, pointing users with greater health literacy to medical advice from reputed health care providers and steering less sophisticated users toward popular sources touting fake cures or misleading medical advice.
How COVID-19 in jails and prisons threatens nearby communities
With the highest incarceration rate in the world, the United States is particularly vulnerable to diseases spreading near correctional institutions.
VA eyes RPA for processing health records
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to robotic process automation to help it move multi-format health records into its electronic health records platforms.
Virginia consolidates COVID response data
Framework for Addiction Analysis and Community Transformation platform launched in 2018 to track opioid addiction has been expanded to help with the commonwealth’s COVID-19 response.
Protecting at-risk veterans during a time of transition
As the Department of Veteran’s Affairs moves to a new electronic health record system, its care coordinators need clinical decision support technology that creates a holistic care dashboard to present all patient data in real-time.
Workplaces are turning to devices to monitor social distancing, but does the tech respect privacy?
Organizations, eager to limit liability for employees and customers, are considering a variety of emerging technologies for limiting pandemic spread.
Smart cities can help us manage post-COVID life, but they’ll need trust as well as tech
To avoid the perils of individual-level monitoring systems, cities must focus on how to leverage technology that enables the collection, analysis and reporting of data while protecting privacy.
Model predicts how long COVID lasts on surfaces
Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has developed a predictive modeling tool that shows how fast SARS-CoV-2 will decay on hard surfaces under a range of temperature and humidity conditions.
States try automating virus contact tracing
Contact tracing apps use smartphones’ GPS and Bluetooth functions to collect and share data about where users have been and with whom they’ve come in contact.
As coronavirus strikes, crucial data in electronic health records hard to harvest
Pooling data from the digital records systems in thousands of hospitals has proved a technical nightmare, largely because software built by rival technology firms often cannot retrieve and share information to help doctors judge which coronavirus treatments are helping patients recover.
Contact tracing with a technology twist
To supplement the thousands of frontline public health workers required for contact tracing, some governments are considering an smartphone-based approach.
Reopening means contact tracing. Many states aren't ready.
With no national plan and scant federal dollars on the horizon, states are funding their own contact-tracing initiatives for what experts predict will be a massive undertaking lasting 18 months to two years, until a vaccine is developed.
How the US military could help fight the coronavirus outbreak
With its experience in dealing with pandemics and other public-health crises, the military can deliver much-needed medical care and humanitarian assistance to communities in need.
Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis -- and offering lessons for future disasters
Taking on mundane tasks for health care workers during the pandemic, off-the-shelf robots are automating testing, delivering meals and disinfecting hospital rooms.
Coronavirus fuels explosive growth in telehealth -- and concern about fraud
The administration’s lifting of telehealth restrictions could inadvertently unleash a wave of billing fraud and abuse and risk patient safety -- especially if officials yield to industry pressure to make many of the emergency policy changes permanent.
Getting certified health workers to virus hotspots
Organizations using digital licenses make it possible for health care workers and emergency responders to work across state lines.
Digital surveillance can help bring the coronavirus pandemic under control -- but also threatens privacy
The pandemic is confronting Americans with important questions about how much and what kinds of surveillance and tracking to accept in support of better health, as well as a revitalized economy.
More free, discounted tech for governments responding to COVID-19
The tech community is stepping up to help government agencies with free and discounted cloud, security, communications and workflow services.
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