Population and Public Health
The new tool aims at collecting data from people in their homes.
Facebook also plans to hold a virtual hackathon focused on COVID19.
How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you?
[Since this article was published, the FDA has released an alert warning that it has not yet authorized any COVID-19 home testing kits]
Early data from the roughly 100,000-participant effort suggest infrequent social distancing and regional behavior disparities (as of March 15).
[Since this article was published, the FDA has released an alert warning that it has not yet authorized any COVID-19 home testing kits]
The HIMSS Media editors discuss government and healthcare-organization response to the coronavirus, including chatbot services, drive-through testing sites and social-media monitoring.
Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, chief clinical officer for Providence St. Joseph Health, talks about the use of chatbots, telemedicine and drive-thru clinics in treating the virus.
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the US, healthcare providers and industry experts take to Twitter to dispel myths.
From travel checkpoints to at-home screening, smartphone-based digital health tools could play a role in limiting outbreaks, writes Binah.ai CEO David Maman.