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42 INNOVATION Northwell Health launches medical training app for faculty, students By Jackie Drees N ew Hyde Park, N.Y.-based North- well Health rolled out a teaching app available in the Apple Store that pro- vides medical education resources and teach- ing skills for students, trainees and faculty. e Just in Time Teaching Tools app uses the Just-in-time teaching model, an instruction- al approach that allows for close interaction between instructors and their classrooms so trainees and faculty who need to actively engage with their instructors can do so for relevant teaching tips, such as setting expec- tations and bedside teaching. Alice Fornari, EdD, associate dean of educa- tional skills development at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in Hemp- stead, N.Y., and vice president of faculty de- velopment at Northwell, developed the app, according to the Dec. 22 news release. e app's clinically specific teaching techniques include content related to internal and family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecol- ogy, surgery psychiatry and neurology. "e use of technology-enhanced learning platforms are feasible and accessible to learn- ers across the continuum of medical educa- tion and are especially useful in geographi- cally dispersed academic health systems. is new app makes that model even stronger," Dr. Fornari said in the news release. n Amazon offers saliva- based at-home COVID-19 test: 4 things to know By Katie Adams A mazon users can now purchase an $110 at-home COVID-19 test that determines results based on a saliva sample. Four things to know: 1. DxTerity Diagnostics developed a sali- va-based COVID-19 test that was used by em- ployers to screen workers for the disease. The company began selling the test on Amazon Jan. 5. 2. The FDA approved the test Dec. 9 for those who have and don't have COVID-19 symptoms. 3. A single test costs $110 on Amazon. A dis- count is available allowing the purchase of 10 tests for $1,000. 4. Once a customer receives the test in the mail, it is registered via an online portal to ensure re- sults are reported accurately and that a health- care provider authorized a prescription for the test. Once a saliva sample is collected, the test taker must drop the sample off at a FedEx loca- tion the same day it was collected. Test takers are notified by email that their results are ready for viewing within 24 to 72 hours of when the laboratory receives the sample. n How CIOs are building on COVID-19 digital transformation efforts By Jackie Drees C IOs across all industries hustled to develop digital capabili- ties for virtual operations and workplace communication tools this year. These efforts, advanced by the COVID-19 pandem- ic, will help determine the pace of business for 2021, according to The Wall Street Journal. For its annual end-of-year questionnaire, the publication's CIO Journal surveyed 45 IT executives about their digital transforma- tion efforts. Kraft Heinz Global CIO Corrado Azzarita said the com- pany has "accelerated digitally by at least two years," and consult- ing firm Accenture's CIO Penelope Prett told the Journal that it is seeing companies achieve years' worth of digital transformation in three months time. While the pandemic pushed forward digital initiatives, many IT ex- ecutives were already working on digital transformation projects be- fore 2020. In retail, a tech team at Target built within a few days the first version of a mobile app that helps employees manage customer flow. Home Depot also updated its mobile app and website with a feature that lets customers pick up items in front of the store without going inside. United Airlines Holdings used tech to reduce the transmission of germs at airports by rolling out touchless kiosks at more than 300 air- ports in 2020. The tech lets customers print bag tags using a mobile phone code, cutting the need to physically touch the machines. United Airlines' touchless kiosks went from an idea to a prototype in less than 30 days, said Linda Jojo, executive vice president of tech- nology and chief digital officer of United Airlines. n