Emerging Tech
Medical Consortium Aims to Create Network of Virtual Critical Care Wards
The group seeks to support patients in need of critical care in hospitals and other ad-hoc locations using cloud-based communication technology.
Emerging Tech
Lawrence Livermore Looks to Industry to Commercialize New Ventilator Prototype
It all came together through a “skunkworks effort” to address the national shortage.
Cybersecurity
Hospital Hackers Seize Upon Coronavirus Pandemic
“We have become easy targets,” a hospital deputy administrator said.
Emerging Tech
NIH, FDA and VA 3D-Printing Collaboration Turns to Ventilator Parts
So far, about a dozen designs for personal protective gear have gotten the OK for clinical use.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Wants Wearable, Lightweight Laser Detectors For the Troops
The challenge will be getting a sensitive enough sensor into a small enough package
CIO Briefing
Use of VA’s Telehealth, Virtual Mental Health Services Skyrocket
VA is adapting new ways to treat patients during the pandemic.
Data
The Air Force and Navy Are Testing A Biometric App to Stay Fit Amid Social Distancing
The app is helping the services monitor the health of sailors and airmen stuck at home.
Policy
Why We’re Running Out of Masks
The United States’ secretive medical stockpile was prepped for a bombing, not a pandemic.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Supercomputers Puzzle Out How to Safely Airlift COVID-19 Patients
The Defense Department turned its supercomputing resources toward solving problems presented by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Data
Congress Hears Options—And Concerns—for Using Smartphone Data to Fight COVID-19
Other countries have been using various forms of location and proximity tracing to slow the spread of the disease, with widely varying levels of privacy protections.
Emerging Tech
The Army Wants Your Ventilator Ideas
A new contest seeks new designs to meet a growing need.
Data
140 Million Tweets Capture COVID-19's Spread
And it’s publicly available as a resource for the global research community.
Emerging Tech
Wi-Fi Peeks into Buildings to Check Social Distancing
Mapping the Wi-Fi strength of mobile devices can reveal how people move and gather.
CIO Briefing
GSA Creates Buying Guide for COVID-19 Screenings at Federal Buildings
As the government’s buyer and landlord, the General Services Administration created a central contract vehicle for screening services to prevent infected people from entering federal buildings.
IT Modernization
VA Delays Major IT Programs to Focus on COVID-19
The initial rollout of the new electronic health records system will be pushed out—again—as well as pilots for the new scheduling system. A third, integral effort remains on track.
Ideas
The Technology That Could Free America From Quarantine
Contact tracing is working in South Korea and Singapore. But it raises privacy issues.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Seeks Innovative Commercial Tech to Address COVID-19 Pandemic
The Air Force solicitation outlines seven mission areas it’s looking to support, including citizen welfare.
Emerging Tech
White House Expands Coronavirus-Focused Supercomputing Consortium
Officials are putting high-performance computing resources to work across the country to help combat COVID-19.
Emerging Tech
'Smart Toilet' Checks You for Diseases Like Cancer
Gadgets inside the toilet bowl can detect a range of disease markers in stool and urine.
IT Modernization
Mid-Pandemic, CDC Looks to Upgrade Its Biosurveillance Database
The system collects data from hospitals, local public health departments, pharmacies and more to give researchers and officials a view of how diseases spread across the country.
Thank you!
Help us tailor content specifically for you: