Forbes May 15, 2020
Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft are partnering on a protocol they say will help companies “safely return employees to work” amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The effort uses the clinical and data analytics of UnitedHealth, which operates the nation’s largest health insurer UnitedHealthcare, and the artificial intelligence and analytics capabilities of Microsoft to create a smart phone app that screens workers for symptoms of the coronavirus strain Covid-19 and helps clear them to work. The “ProtectWell” protocol is free to employers, UnitedHealth Group said, providing their workers with the ability to “know they are safe to go to work” and let co-workers know they or their colleagues have been screened.
“As we plan for a safe and careful...