Healthcare IT News March 26, 2020
Uploaded temperature readings from a million Kinsa Health devices is enabling the company to map atypical fevers, offering a potential warning of increases in virus infections.
A digital “smart” thermometer and a paired phone app is enabling a company to take consumers’ temperature data from across the country and provide real-time insights into emerging COVID-19 hot spots.
Researchers at Kinsa Health – which has marketed its Bluetooth-enabled thermometers and a service to direct consumers to health services for several years – now believes its data is able to find unusual instances of people with abnormally high temperatures.
The early results in mapping data from across the country could be important in helping healthcare organizations and potentially government agencies identify areas...
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