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The software is based on Google and Apple’s privacy-centric system.

Also: Another smart-mirror workout joins the fray, and Kroger Health launches a back-to-work COVID-19 testing program with telehealth support.

After news broke about the $18.5 million deal all eyes in the digital health world have been on Livongo and Teladoc. 

Culled from a pool of nearly 8,000 companies, this year's list of the "most promising" private startups represents over $20 billion in funding from more than 900 unique investors. 

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Medicine have developed a robotic system that allows medical staff to remotely control ventilators and other bedside machines from outside the room of patients with infectious diseases.

Researchers used causal machine learning approach to increase algorithm’s accuracy. 

The platform will trace the source of manufactured products, such as PPE, to stymie the supply chain of counterfeit goods.

The company has established collaborations with several vaccine development companies, including the San Diego-based Arcturus which is running clinical trials in Singapore.

The project, launched by AVIA and former CMS chief Andy Slavitt, is focused first on examining where evidence-based care models can intersect with digital solutions.  

A recent review of Medicare claims suggests a machine learning algorithm could flag individuals at higher risk of infection or help prevent outbreaks within skilled nursing facilities.