Healthcare IT Today May 22, 2020
UnitedHealth Group is working with Microsoft on a set of tools helping employers bring employees back to work safely in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The two have launched ProtectWell, a return-to-work program that helps employees figure out whether they can go back to the job safely. The ProtectWell protocol has incorporated CDC guidelines and current clinical research on limiting the spread of COVID-19.
The ProtectWell app is built on Microsoft Azure, AI and analytics tools, along with the Microsoft Healthcare Bot service. The Healthcare Bot service, which is also based on Azure, is a public cloud service that helps organizations build and deploy AI-powered bots providing personalized access to health information. The effort also relies on clinical and...