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Race Equality Foundation says UK review into medical device bias is not enough

Healthcare It News

Race Equality Foundation CEO Jabeer Butt welcomed the review, but said it was not enough to explain the disproportionate deaths of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people from COVID-19. COVID-19 exposed health disparities across the country, as death rates have been higher among people from ethnic minorities.

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AWS pledges focus on underserved communities with new $40M initiative

Healthcare It News

AWS says the new initiative is inspired by work already being done by some of its healthcare clients, such as the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved, which recently launched its cloud-based Data Fusion Center on AWS.

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HealthChampion Offers Free Access to COVID-19 Symptom Tracker

Electronic Health Reporter

HealthChampion, a digital health analytics company and creator of the world’s first consumer-driven health platform, today announced it is offering free access to its new COVID-19 tracker with symptom assessment. Illegal copying is prohibited. Since the explosive spread of […].

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation. Digital thermometer data may provide insight into COVID-19 surges.

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Why Preventive Healthcare Hinges on Diagnostics Innovation

HIT Consultant

This was long before Covid-19 showed up in clinical trials, giving hope that this could be used as an early detection signal. Beyond this specific use case, our understanding of health will increasingly be about the water we drink, the food we eat, and the air we breathe.

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Leveraging Data Analytics and Technology to Address Population Health Challenges and Identify Trends

Healthcare IT Today

Though population health has been a concern for a long time, it really became a topic at the forefront of healthcare with the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Covid pandemic taught us that sharing public health data is critical in managing the response to any large public health crisis.

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4 Keys to Modernizing Public Health Data Collection and Analysis

HIT Consultant

Health Analytics Lead, Accenture Federal Services The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the urgent need to modernize the nation’s public health system. Despite success in rapidly developing vaccines, the unprecedented public health emergency also exposed significant gaps in U.S. Kenyon Crowley, Ph.D.,