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Via Zipnosis “Comparisons between the 1918 pandemic and the era of COVID-19 have been happening since the outbreak began in March. With the striking similarities, it is tempting to look for clues as to how our own pandemic era will progress. Unfortunately, as epidemiologists like to say, “If you’ve seen one pandemic, you’ve seen one pandemic.” […]
Via Minneapolis-Saint Paul Business Journal “Zipnosis is one of the Minnesota tech firms still hiring during the pandemic. It’s added 11 employees in the past six weeks, reaching a total of 42. Those new hires are mostly in positions like customer support, though some new marketers were hired as well.” “The telehealth company has 51 health system […]
Via 4Sight Health “The Zipnosis platform categorizes patients completing the 11 COVID-related questions into five risk groups. Of the 192,915 patients screened in March:” 14% were asymptomatic/low risk with no need for an in-person visit or test. 7.5% were asymptomatic/high risk. 4.3% were asymptomatic but had exposure risk. 7.5% had a cough only. 66.6% were […]
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By Hal Grey, Principal Consultant, Medtech2Market Takeaways from the Medical Alley Association’s virtual roundtable with medical device and telehealth company participants. Over 70% of healthcare providers (HCPs) use telemedicine tools for clinician guidance or education, patient interactions such as e-visits, remote patient monitoring, or information sharing through patient portals. Only 12% of European medical device companies use […]
Alumni of the Minnesota Angel Tax Credit Program (ATCP) are working to fight COVID-19 in novel and critical ways. Here are some of the ways alumni of the program are pivoting their resources to combat COVID-19: The CDC is encouraging the expanded use of telehealth tools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Zipnosis, a […]
The CDC is encouraging the liberal use of telehealth tools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth technology, originally designed to give patients who live far from a provider reliable access to care, is now being used much more widely as a way to screen and diagnose patients without risking the spread of COVID-19 through […]