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This week's top stories include Apple and the VA working to get iPads into the hands of veterans, the latest Apple Watch measuring blood oxygen and a dip in the hospital CEO turnover rate.
The new sensor brings Apple up to speed with its competitors, but could lead to bigger announcements down the road.
The ECG app can detect over 98% of atrial fibrillation cases and was 100% accurate in identifying participants with normal sinus rhythm, according to study results.
Plus: Amazon says Halo to the wearable space.
This week's top stories include ex-CEO Cyrus Massoumi claiming his former colleagues coordinated a plan to replace him, a study finding telehealth to be the biggest threat to healthcare cybersecurity, and a NorthShore breach affecting 348,00 people.
Managing the whole population during the COVID-19 crisis is posing challenges, so we should share our learning, says Päivi Sillanaukee, ambassador for Health and Wellbeing of Finland and director-general of the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
By adding clinical decision support and the ability to see patient activity outside the four walls of the hospital, CalvertHealth in Maryland saw, among other things, a 94% reduction in Dilaudid use.
Innovative services have been implemented on a patient population level, based on data to identify potential issues to prevent disease, says Clalit Health Services Chief Innovation Officer Ran Balicer.
The public can use search functions to find telehealth options, says Dr. Karen DeSalvo, chief health officer for Google Health.
This week's top stories include a California law mandating a 45-day supply of PPE, GoodRX going public, and healthcare execs naming telehealth as their top COVID-19 tech problem.