Companies Join Push for COVID-19 ‘Vaccination Credential’
A coalition of companies is pushing for a credential that would identify people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce are among the businesses that are part of a group that announced on Jan. 14 that they’re working on the new project.
“The goal of the Vaccination Credential Initiative is to empower individuals with digital access to their vaccination records so they can use tools like CommonPass to safely return to travel, work, school, and life, while protecting their data privacy,” Paul Meyer, CEO of The Commons Project Foundation, said in a statement.
Safe Health Systems (SAFE), operator of the SAFE Digital Healthcare Platform, partnered with
Hedera Hashgraph, the enterprise grade distributed ledger, to create the SAFE HealthCheck app for COVID-19 testing, STD, and other low-acuity testing and health status verification.
SAFE Health Systems, powered by Hedera Hashgraph As health status verification and testing have become more important than ever, we are excited to offer the HealthCheck App to E&I members, said Aaron Spang, Vice President, Research and Academic Healthcare at E&I. We are proud to help educational institutions respond to the COVID-19 crisis effectively and safely while also protecting students health long-term with the added benefit of digitally-enabled STD testing.
Dec. 14, 2020 4:20 pm ET
When an at-home Covid-19 test finally arrives at your doorstep, you may need to unlock the results on your smartphone.
As diagnostic companies move to bring Covid-19 tests into people’s homes, some developers are planning to pair the tests with digital tools and smartphone apps. The tools will be able to walk the user through the testing process or in some cases report results directly to health authorities, among other features.
“We have to make this so easy that you can’t help but do the right thing,” said Thomas Grys, co-director of microbiology at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. He is working with health-care technology company Safe Health Systems, which has designed a digital platform to aid in at-home testing.
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Global Virtual Diagnostics Market is forecast to be worth USD 1,512.2 Million by 2027, according to the current analysis by Emergen Research. The market is experiencing increased demand due to the infiltration of smartphones and the advent of advanced technologies in the healthcare sector.
Increased incidences of chronic health conditions and advancements in artificial and machine learning technology will provide a lucrative growth opportunity to players in the virtual diagnostic market. However, this technology is new and involves multiple challenges such as privacy concerns and low accuracy associated with the virtual diagnosis. The growth in the geriatric population and the need for a quick and easy diagnosis will impact the market positively. Additional factors, such as lack of medical and physicians and poor health conditions, are fueling the market demand. Increasing access to diagnosis will make it
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Virtual Diagnostics Market Size To Be Worth USD 1,512.2 Million by 2027 Growing at a CAGR of 15.0% | Emergen Research
Vancouver, British Columbia, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Global Virtual Diagnostics Market is forecast to be worth USD 1,512.2 Million by 2027, according to the current analysis by Emergen Research. The market is experiencing increased demand due to the infiltration of smartphones and the advent of advanced technologies in the healthcare sector.
Increased incidences of chronic health conditions and advancements in artificial and machine learning technology will provide a lucrative growth opportunity to players in the virtual diagnostic market. However, this technology is new and involves multiple challenges such as privacy concerns and low accuracy associated with the virtual diagnosis. The growth in the geriatric population and the need for a quick and easy diagnosis will impact the market positively. Additional factors, such as lac