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This week's top stories include the Department of Health and Human Services whittling down coronavirus vaccine candidates, the Senate looking at telehealth's future and Proteus Digital Health filing for bankruptcy.
In a new investigation by Amnesty International, the two Gulf states and Norway have released apps that reportedly operate as mass surveillance tools.
Demand for tech solutions has soared in Finland during the pandemic as healthcare providers seek new ways to diagnose and treat patients, and source properly tested PPE.
Microsoft Chief Medical Officer and VP of Healthcare Dr. David Rhew discusses how automation can help manage high patient call volumes, unwieldy medical device data and daily employee health screening.
Roundup: UK contact-tracing app switches to Google-Apple model, Microsoft 365 and NHS deal to save …
Also, Medwise.ai wins UK grant to develop AI-powered question answering platform for healthcare professionals during COVID-19.
This news comes a little over a month after the UK said it would opt for a centralized contact-tracing model in lieu of Apple-Google's decentralized one.
Dr. Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer of Israel's Clalit Research Institute, discusses the deployment of predictive, proactive and preventive digital care across a large population.
KRY has acquired healthcare company Helsa and will take over its operation of health centres in five regions, including all staff.
Also: Kore and Dexcom prepare the G6 CGM for remote patient-monitoring; Tyto Care tackles Europe with santé24 integration and deployment.