Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending September 6: Finland's contact tracing system, Ottawa's Epic-in-a-box, blood pressure telemonitoring, Apple and Google contact tracing app, telehealth challenges, HoloLens for clinical collaboration, digital transfer of aged care, digital clinical trials, virtual care for intellectual disability, flawed EMR lawsuit settled, transfer of care messages
How Finland got 20% of its population to download a contact tracing app in one day
Quartz ~ Tim McDonnell ~ 03/09/2020
So far, although dozens of apps have been introduced, their adoption has generally been sluggish (except in countries like China and Qatar, which made them mandatory).
Ottawa Hospital creates ‘Epic-in-a-box’ for portability
Canadian Healthcare Technology ~ Staff writer ~ 02/09/2020
The Ottawa Hospital has launched Epic-in-a-box, a briefcase-like package that allows staff and professionals to visit patients in their homes or at long-term care centres and easily access the hospital’s electronic health record system through a secure cell-phone connection.
