Health IT Analytics September 16, 2020
Jessica Kent

The seven projects will leverage big data to develop digital health tools and better understand COVID-19.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering contracts to seven companies and academic organizations to develop COVID-19-related digital technologies using big data.

The projects could lead to tools like smartphone apps, wearable devices, and software that can monitor the spread of COVID-19, track the verified COVID-19 results, and assess the health status of infected individuals.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) chose the seven projects from nearly 200 different ideas. The projects represent a broad range of solutions for immediate public health needs related to the pandemic, and several focus on solutions for...

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