Tag Archive for: coronavirus

Boost for Remote Patient Monitoring in COVID-19 Bill That Passed House, Senate

The House of Representatives and Senate today passed an $8.3 billion spending package to help providers and local governments handle the spread of the coronavirus and to boost the development of vaccines and tests of the virus.  While vaccine support and spending on healthcare is expected, the bill also  boosts telehealth solutions with financial support […]

Coronavirus Mortality Rate Upped to 3.4%; Increasing Need for Testing

With the world’s major health organization upping the mortality rate to 3.4%, there is increased need for a working rapid test for COVID-19 to be able to properly isolate patients and protect providers. The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its estimate of the mortality rate of patients infected with the novel coronavirus to 3.4% […]

Expect to Hear a Lot of Talk about Coronavirus and Molecular Point of Care

A Harvard Business Review  article calls for molecular point of care to step in to detect #coronavirus. You’ll hear a lot of this in coming weeks, we think.  Molecular point of care is less than 10 years old but has shown promise in flu/strep, other respiratory pathogens. They are in the right place at the right […]