Government Healthcare Policy, Business and Technology

In New York, group distributes Kinsa smart thermometers to protect against COVID-19

Healthcare IT News: In an effort to protect public health workers and the vulnerable communities they serve, Troy, New York-based Alliance for Better Health has convened a group effort to distribute about 7,500 smart thermometers to community-based organizations and their members around New York's Capital District.

By distributing the Bluetooth-connect Kinsa Health thermometers to social and behavioral health service organizations – enabling their workers to monitor their own temperatures and protect the underserved communities in which they volunteer – the collaborative, which involves hospitals, health plans and nearly three-dozen other organizations around the Albany region, hopes to deliver a service that could be scaled into a national model.

Read article