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A panel of global experts pondered how digital tools could help tackle COVID-19 and showcased initiatives that have contributed to manage the pandemic during the recent Barcelona Health Summit.

The speakers were Roger Lim, senior policy officer at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands; Dr Carolina Garcia-Vidal, senior specialist at the Infectious Diseases Department of Hospital Clínic, Barcelona; Sameer Pujari, vice chair of the World Health Organisation (WHO) ITU Focus Group; Dr Miguel Muñoz, head of business development of Mediktor; and Dr Jordi Serrano-Pons, founder of EpidemiXs & UniversalDoctor.

WHY IT MATTERS

Several technological solutions have been launched to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic, notably to detect the first symptoms, track the virus, carry out tests and support the population in accessing and receiving healthcare.

But using these technologies has also brought regulatory and privacy challenges and has consequences on the global healthcare systems and citizens.

Source: www.healthcareitnews.com

Loin d’être débordée par l’ampleur de la deuxième vague épidémique, la Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie avait (Cnam) s’adapte. Ainsi, dans un communiqué de presse, tout en livrant un bilan du dispositif de contact tracing, elle annonce l’évolution de ce dispositif, pour faire face au plus grand nombre de cas détectés.

Source: www.whatsupdoc-lemag.fr

Remboursé depuis deux ans par l’Assurance-maladie, ce nouveau mode de consultation à distance a vu son usage multiplié par cent lors du confinement. Depuis, le recours à cette pratique reste massif.

Source: www.lemonde.fr

In addition to the award, Fitbit will begin a study with Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research to detect signs of illness in its employees.

Source: www.mobihealthnews.com