Emerging Technologies

Said to be the first of its kind in the GCC, the initiative allows medical teams to make home visits to provide one of two approved COVID-19 vaccines to those unable to attend dedicated centres. 

As populations will need to increasingly rely on self-care models during the pandemic, experts reflect on the key ways this will transform the landscape of healthcare delivery and innovation in 2021 and beyond.

The research project will be conducted using the Apple Watch and iPhone, and is set to begin during 2021.

Sarah Jones, VP for commercial product at Best Buy Health, discusses what to expect in 2021 and why payment models need to evolve. 

Healthcare veteran Paul Brient, SVP and chief product officer at athenahealth, talks to MobiHealthNews about what happened in 2020 and makes predictions for the future. 

All citizens and residents of the Gulf nation are able to schedule their free vaccination via BeAware, which was launched at the beginning of the pandemic as the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing offering. 

Dogged by months of personnel departures, Haven announced today that it will be shutting down its operations by the end of February.

This will facilitate faster immigration checkpoint clearance for travelers, enables more hassle-free travel, and reduces risks of crowds at the airport.

The tool was "100% accurate" when spotting cases among asymptomatic individuals, the researchers wrote, and could be deployed as a low-cost prescreener to support diagnostic testing efforts.