07 May PODCAST | This Week in Health IT – Providence and B.J. Moore, CIO
Bill Russell interviews B.J. Moore, CIO of Providence Health....
06 May UVA Health launches new clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment using plasma
A clinical trial has been launched to look into the effectiveness of using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat others with the virus....
06 May Eli Lilly, IU exploring treatments to prevent deaths among those with coronavirus
Indiana University Health doctors have started treating patients who have severe illness with plasma from those who already have fought off the virus. The hospital is participating in a trial led by the Mayo Clinic to determine whether plasma from people who have recovered —...
05 May Cincinnati Children’s Hospital among 4 U.S. sites in COVID-19 vaccine trial
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is one of four sites in the United States taking part in a clinical trial of a vaccine to prevent COVID-19, the novel coronavirus lung disease....
05 May Partners – Researchers release COVID-19 symptom tracker app
A consortium of scientists with expertise in big data research and epidemiology recently developed a COVID Symptom Tracker app aimed at rapidly collecting information to aid in the response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As reported in the journal Science, early use of the app...
05 May Partners – Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital Advancing Novel Experimental Gene-based COVID-19 Vaccine, AAVCOVID
AAVCOVID technology is unique in the vaccine field in its ability to scale and adapt rapidly. Aiming to enter clinical testing later this year....
05 May Northwestern, AbilityLab at work on COVID detection device
Northwestern and AbilityLab are developing a wearable gadget that could flag early signs of the disease and monitor infected patients....
05 May HonorHealth announces clinical trial of COVID-19 treatment
PHOENIX - Three Valley hospitals are beginning a clinical trial, combining two different drugs, to hopefully treat coronavirus....
05 May Atrium Health to offer new treatment option to patients seriously ill with coronavirus
Atrium will be the first healthcare systems in the Charlotte region to offer the drug Remdesivir, developed to treat the ebola virus....
04 May Intermountain – “How COVID-19 is Reframing Healthcare in America,” with Kevan Mabbutt, Chief Consumer Officer at Intermountain Healthcare
Our focus this week will be on the rapid transition, or perhaps immersion, of healthcare into a consumer-centric era. There are very few people I can think of who have a better understanding of this topic than our guest this week. Kevan Mabbutt is the...