The Bergen New Bridge Medical Center https://newbridgehealth.org, a clinical affiliate of Rutgers located in Paramus New Jersey, has expanded their telehealth service called “Bergen New Bridge Cares” to screen patients for COVID-19. With their partner Air Visits, the Medical Center offers urgent care screening and assesses patients who have medical complaints and symptoms. …Continue reading
DHA Monitoring COVID-19 Outbreaks
The Defense Health Agency https://www.health.mil/DHA supports the military services and the Military Health System by monitoring the spread of health outbreaks as in the case of COVID-19. The “Alert and Response Ops” group within the Integrated Biosurveillance section of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (AFHSB), uses the “Disease Reporting System internet” (DRSi) to track and report information on COVID-19 daily. …Continue reading
Drones Transporting Medical Supplies
UC San Diego Health’s https://health.ucad.edu new drone pilot program is being used to test the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to transport medical samples, supplies, and documents between UC San Diego Health’s Jacobs Medical Center and Moores Cancer Center, plus to the Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine (CALM). …Continue reading
Viewing Telemedicine as Essential
Although many providers have seen the benefits of health IT in terms of efficiency and convenience, the recent coronavirus outbreak demonstrates how telemedicine can be vital when more patients need to be seen quickly and from their own homes. See this article: “Marketing Telemedicine in the Time of Covid-19”
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/marketing-telemedicine-time-covid-19-richard-bloch
Atlantic Health’s Response to COVID-19
Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com hosted the 3rd “Healthcare Disruptive Technologies & Innovation” (HCDT&I) day virtually with Dr. Sylvia Romm CIO, Atlantic Health System https://atlantichealth.org as one of the keynote speakers. She reported on how Atlantic Health System an integrated healthcare system, operates with a workforce comprised of 16K team members working in 350 sites including six hospitals, is currently responding to COVID-19. …Continue reading
Credit Suisse Hosts Virtual Meeting
As part of the third “Healthcare Disruptive Technologies & Innovations” (HCDT&I) day, Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com hosted a virtual meeting with a group of executives to discuss COVID-19. Will Brady, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary at HHS and Senior Advisor to the Secretary on Policy Issues and Program matters shared HHS’ views on COVID-19 plus how the agency is dealing with other issues.
Telehealth Moving Mainstream
The coronavirus is going to demand more and more medical resources, not only in the U.S but worldwide, so people are going to begin and continue to interact with their clinicians via test messages, online video, or automated systems. …Continue reading