Laura Lovett
The tool is able to track who a patient or staff member came into contact with and where they traveled in the facility.
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Panelists from the HIMSS20 Digital webinar “The Forgotten Ones: COVID-19’s Impact on the Underserved Communities" talk about managing the virus in vulnerable populations.
The company is pitching this as a way for providers to reach their existing patients at home during the coronavirus emergency and beyond.
HIMSS launches a COVID-19 Digital Think Tank, which provides an online discussion forum where healthcare professionals and innovators to share ideas, products and best practices.
Patients are screened about COVID-19 status and other health factors, then provided with information about the nearest donation station.
The new data will be available in the university's COVIDcast map, and on Facebook's Data for Good.
The new tool will be combined with Biofourmis' Biovitals platform and be able to give insights to cancer patients at home.
The health system is implementing new technologies to help it pinpoint frequent readmissions and identify underlying social determinants of health.
The new effort is a measure of progress towards a digital health ecosystem.