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exposed. Patients testing positive will be sent home for quarantine for 14 days, with medical surveillance by HCS. Once the patient is off quarantine and is asymptomatic, an HCS clinician may determine there is need for a follow-up IgM or IgG test before clearing them to return to work, such as if other members of their household had tested positive for the coronavirus.

The Rapid COVID-19 Antibody IgM and IgG tests are for those who are asymptomatic — and for those looking to return to work following a COVID-19 quarantine. With an IgM positive, the patient is immediately sent home from work and sent to an HCS clinic for a PCR test. With an IgG positive, the patient remains at (or returns to) work but is to leave work and call HCS if symptoms arrive. If both tests are positive, the patient is sent home immediately and sent for a PCR test; if both tests are negative, the patient remains at (or returns to) work.

HCS also uses the IgG Serology test, which detects antibodies in the blood that shows if the patients have had COVID-19. “All patients who have had a PCR-positive test will be sent for the IgG Serology test 60 days after their positive test to see if they have converted to IgG positive,” Ducar says.

HCS will keep data on all testing, and, as the provider, is responsible for all documentation with regards to returning employees back to work. Employees must have a return-to-work note sent to their email, or a photo of the note texted to them, and will be directed to give or send their note to their HR department. These RTW notes cannot be given in advance; employees must be placed on a telehealth appointment and cleared the same day the note is given.

AI AND AR POST-COVID-19

Telehealth has made such inroads into medical care that is it considered mainstream. AdviNOW Medical, a local company founded in 2016, has developed new advances to this healthcare option that benefits patients and providers. Benefits are especially timely during this COVID-19 pandemic, but the company sees them advancing healthcare post-COVID.

AdviNOW’s artificial intelligence collects all the patient information and uses augmented reality to take measurements. This automation protects providers and patients from potential infection as the provider can complete a comprehensive examination without physical contact. The AI automates the patient experience by asking all of the questions that a doctor would need to diagnose and treat the patient. And the company’s augmented reality platform guides patients to take medical measurements with medical precision to give the provider the images and sounds required for the visit.

Significantly, the automation that enables the low touch/no-touch medical visit also helps doctors spend more quality time with patients, as the AI does all the documentation that would usually take two-thirds of the doctor’s time.

The system automates COVID-19 response by integrating telemedicine into the traditional clinic at a level that removes the location of care as a requirement for diagnosing and treating the patient. The system includes automated triage; virtual visits; and COVID-19-routed guidance to testing, AI-driven decision making, and prescriptions and directions to appropriate testing facilities if applicable. Seventy percent of the EMR documentation is completed upfront.

Looking beyond the now to also a post-COVID world, AdviNOW Medical uses both AI and AR in offering what is now the only end-to-end automated healthcare system in the world that enables medical visits to be done from anywhere with the similar efficacy and billing level as in-person visits.

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Pandemic, Inc.

This is a difficult time, that’s for sure, but it’s also a time of enormous opportunity. Entrepreneurs, small business owners, and self-employed professionals need to leverage these 8 trends to thrive in tomorrow’s economy! Pandemic, Inc. offers a strategic roadmap for businesses navigating the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine. The book details eight accelerating trends that form a convenient acronym: Change creates opportunity. Seize this moment! We have never needed business leadership more than we do today. This book shows you how to survive, rebuild, and thrive in the post-COVID-19 economy.

Pandemic, Inc.: 8 Forces Driving Business Failure or Fortune in the Post-COVID-19

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Why Wait?

For those who want to get started as an entrepreneur and take advantage of being young, Why Wait? shares Rob Berk’s journey, from his first year at Hamilton through graduation day. This rollercoaster ride started when he decided to #SayYes and began working with The New York Times best-selling author and serial entrepreneur Dave Kerpen as his executive assistant. In an effort to help fight the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 50 percent of the profits from Why Wait will be donated to Feeding America. Feeding America has been in existence for more than 40 years and is America’s largest hunger-relief organization. Millions of people have lost their jobs and are at risk of going hungry; Feeding America supports food banks that are especially essential in times of national crisis.

Why Wait?: How I Jump-Started My Entrepreneurial Journey Before Graduating Into a COVID-19 World – And How You Can, Too! Robert Berk 127 pages Independently published On shelves and Online $20.95

Coronavirus: Leadership and Recovery

Lead through the crisis and prepare for recovery. As the COVID-19 pandemic is exacting its toll on the global economy, forward-looking organizations are moving past crisis management and positioning themselves to leap ahead when the worst is over. What should organizations be doing now to address today’s unprecedented challenges while laying the foundation needed to emerge stronger? Will they adapt or be left behind? Business leaders can get up to speed and deepen their understanding of the topics that are shaping their company’s future with the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series. Featuring HBR’s smartest thinking on fast-moving issues — blockchain, cybersecurity, AI and more — each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies an organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow.

Coronavirus: Leadership and Recovery: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review Martin Reeves, Nancy Koehn, Tsedal Neeley and Scott Berinato 192 pages Harvard Business Review Press Available 7/28/2020 $22.95