COVID-19 & Technology
Contact tracing
What is it? Basically it’s a way to monitor (Trace) who is infected and who could they have been in contact with and possibly exposed to the virus. The people who were in close contact with someone who has COVID-19 are at greater risk of getting sick. Are there privacy issues and HIPPA concerns?
In a perfect public health world the people who have the virus automatically show up on a map and we can retrace their footsteps to see where they were, who were they in contact with, and who could they have possibly exposed to the virus. Contact Tracing is like the movie Back To The Future, we go back in time by retracing the foot steps of possible exposures and try to help stop future exposures. The process of tracing continues until everyone who’s been exposed is out of circulation in hope that it will stop virus transmission.
Lessons that need to be learned from other countries and their fight with COVID-19
Google has joined Carnegie Mellon University research effort and later this week will release COVIDcast
Google & Carnegie Mellon University
COVIDcast displays signals related to COVID-19 activity levels across the United States, derived from a variety of anonymized, aggregated data sources made available by multiple partners.
Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology
apple & google
Are building a system to let phones use Bluetooth data to track when they’re near each other. If someone tests positive for the virus, they could tell the app, which will then notify all of the people whose phones were nearby.
Apple and The CDC launch a COVID-19 Screening Tool
Apple & the cdc
This tool can help you understand what to do next about COVID-19.
Let’s all look out for each other by knowing our status, trying not to infect others, and reserving care for those in need.
The Baseline COVID-19 Program is an effort to expand access to COVID-19 screening and testing in areas with a high volume of known cases.
Verily, a subsidiary of Alphabet
Public health officials globally are working together to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Expanding access to reliable screening is critical to containment efforts.
The Baseline COVID-19 Program is an effort to expand access to COVID-19 screening and testing.
Rt.live is an up-to-date tracker of how fast COVID-19 is spreading in each state
Rt Covid-19
These are up-to-date values for Rt, a key measure of how fast the virus is growing. It’s the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person. If Rt is above 1.0, the virus will spread quickly. When Rt is below 1.0, the virus will stop spreading.
UCSF TemPredict Study & The OURA Smart Ring aims to build an algorithm to help UCSF identify patterns of onset, progression, and recovery, for COVID-19
ucsf Health & oura
With the backdrop of COVID-19, Oura is sponsoring research at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to study whether physiological data collected by the Oura ring, combined with responses to daily symptom surveys, can predict illness symptoms.
Your DNA could contribute to COVID-19 research
23andME
The major goal of 23andMe’s COVID-19 study is to uncover genetic risks associated with severe outcomes of infections by SARS-CoV-2. Such associations may explain some variation in COVID-19 disease severity.
Health Pass connects employees' identity with a quick health check
clear
Health Pass gives employees and consumers the confidence and peace of mind to get back to work, shop at their favorite store, step into a restaurant and attend a ball game.
A health study conducted by Scripps Research
Detect health study
Your wearable might be an early warning system for viral illness
Fight COVID-19 through the Power of People
stanford healthcare innovation lab
With limited test kits and slow results turnaround, we
are trying to find out if information from wearable devices
can help detect COVID-19 before symptoms emerge.