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Tyler Downs Joins Orb Health as Vice President of Engineering to Expand Innovative Virtual Chronic Care Management Services

Orb Health announced today that it has hired Tyler Downs as Vice President of Engineering to expand the architecture and…

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COVID-19: Will the Coronavirus Help Cement Role of Telemedicine?

Massachusetts expanded access to telehealth through executive orders meant to help hospitals and health-care providers respond to a surge in…

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COVID-19: Community Health Centers Excluded From Federal Coronavirus Aid

New funding to boost Medicaid providers during the coronavirus pandemic will leave out the nation’s 1,400 community health centers, which…

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COVID-19: A third of Medicare enrollees with coronavirus ended up in the hospital. A quarter of them died.

325,000 beneficiaries were diagnosed with coronavirus and nearly 110,000 of them were hospitalized. 28% of those who were hospitalized died…

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COVID-19: A Study on Infectivity of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Carriers

In summary, all the 455 contacts were excluded from SARS-CoV-2 infection and we conclude that the infectivity of some asymptomatic…

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COVID-19: Sorrento IDs Antibody Against COVID-19 That Appears 100% Effective

The company announced on Friday that one of its antibodies, STI-1499, has shown 100% inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 in laboratory tests.

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COVID-19: Where coronavirus hospitalizations are falling

Coronavirus hospitalizations have declined in many states — another indication that social distancing has been effective at curbing the virus’…

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COVID-19: Healthcare Providers Preparing for the next normal after COVID-19

Most forward-looking healthcare organizations may use this time to materially scale virtual health offerings in ways that create competitive advantage.

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COVID-19: ERs have been quiet during COVID-19. What happens when the patients come back?

Among the unexpected phenomena of the COVID-19 crisis: Emergency departments have seen their volumes plummet.

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COVID-19: Men’s blood contains greater concentrations of enzyme that helps COVID-19 infect cells

Finding may explain why men with heart failure suffer more from the coronavirus than women…