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Innovations during COVID

• One nudge for hand hygiene (26 February, 2021)

  Donald A Redelmeier, Richard H Thaler
• Original research: Use of symptom checkers for COVID-19-related symptoms among university students: a qualitative study (29 January, 2021)

  Stephanie Aboueid, Samantha B Meyer, James R Wallace, Shreya Mahajan, Teeyaa Nur, Ashok Chaurasia
• Original research: Deep learning model to predict the need for mechanical ventilation using chest X-ray images in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 (2 March, 2021)

  Anoop R Kulkarni, Ambarish M Athavale, Ashima Sahni, Shashvat Sukhal, Abhimanyu Saini, Mathew Itteera, Sara Zhukovsky, Jane Vernik, Mohan Abraham, Amit Joshi, Amatur Amarah, Juan Ruiz, Peter D Hart, Hemant Kulkarni
• Original research: Rapid implementation of Inpatient eConsult Programme addresses new challenges for patient care during COVID-19 pandemic (9 March, 2021) Free

  Sharon Rikin, Eric J Epstein, Inessa Gendlina
• Population eye health education using augmented reality and virtual reality: scalable tools during and beyond COVID-19 (16 December, 2020)

  Dinesh Visva Gunasekeran, Rebecca Low, Ruvendren Gunasekeran, Benedict Chan, Hong Ya Ong, Dhananjay Raje, Helen Mi, Carlos Pavesio, Quan Dong Nguyen, Rupesh Agrawal
• Virtual hackathon to tackle COVID-19 unmet needs (28 December, 2020)

  William S Bolton, Shu Ng, Angela Lam, James Kinch, Victor Parchment, William P Foster, Manuela R Zimmermann, Jye Quan Teh, Abigail Simpson, Karisma Sharma, Ryan Kerstein, Joshua Burke, Stephen J Chapman, Peter R Culmer, David George Jayne
• Ingenuity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a controlled experiment for respirator mask efficacy testing (17 December, 2020)

  Michael Hausman, Danil Rybalko, Philip Nasser, Damien Laudier, Daniel Charen, Emily Ferreri, James Iatridis, Leesa Galatz
• Negative pressure patient isolation device to enable non-invasive respiratory support for COVID-19 and beyond (14 December, 2020)

  Auriel August, Mariel Bolhouse, Brian Rice, James Kennedy Wall
• Original research: Feasibility of manual ventilation replacing mechanical ventilation (11 January, 2021)

  Mark F Brady, Nicole K Weber, Richard Walker, III, Joseph E Holley, Samantha A Ni, Shane Young, Ethan D Monhollon, Randy S Carpenter, Jack W Tsao
• Zero cost approach to fostering multidisciplinary engagement and innovation in an academic medical centre during COVID-19: experience from the Jugaar Innovation Challenge (21 December, 2020)

  Rafeh Ahmed, Komal Dayani, Haider Ali Amir, Asad Mian
• Modified full-face snorkel mask: answer to the PPE crisis? (6 January, 2021)

  Harshul D Measuria, Yash V Verma, Ryan Kerstein, Sarah Tucker
• Remote multidisciplinary heart team meetings in immersive virtual reality: a first experience during the COVID-19 pandemic (5 March, 2021)

  Amir H Sadeghi, Ali R Wahadat, Adem Dereci, Ricardo P J Budde, Wilco Tanis, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Hanneke Takkenberg, Yannick J H J Taverne, Edris A F Mahtab, Ad J J C Bogers
• Enabling patient communication for hospitalised patients during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic (10 March, 2021) Free

  Smitha Ganeshan, Esther Hsiang, Theodore Peng, Nicholas Thomas, Ilana Garcia-Grossman, Kavon Javaherian, Zoe Lyon, Arpana Vidyarthi
• Exploring the challenges and hidden opportunities of hosting a virtual innovation competition in the time of COVID-19 (31 March, 2021)

  Maha El Akoum, Mahmoud El Achi
• Original research: Epidemiological impact of prioritising SARS-CoV-2 vaccination by antibody status: mathematical modelling analyses (31 March, 2021)

  Houssein H Ayoub, Hiam Chemaitelly, Monia Makhoul, Zaina Al Kanaani, Einas Al Kuwari, Adeel A Butt, Peter Coyle, Andrew Jeremijenko, Anvar Hassan Kaleeckal, Ali Nizar Latif, Riyazuddin Mohammad Shaik, Hanan F Abdul Rahim, Gheyath K Nasrallah, Hadi M Yassine, Mohamed G Al Kuwari, Hamad Eid Al Romaihi, Mohamed H Al-Thani, Roberto Bertollini, Abdullatif Al Khal, Laith J Abu-Raddad
• The way forward after COVID-19 vaccination: vaccine passports with blockchain to protect personal privacy (7 April, 2021)

  Kelvin K F Tsoi, Joseph J Y Sung, Helen W Y Lee, Karen K L Yiu, Hong Fung, Samuel Y S Wong
• Telemonitoring programme on COVID-19 for a low-income community in Brazil: case study (17 March, 2021)

  Tamiris Uracs de Sales Graça, Alice Lopes Santos, Guilherme Yamamoto, Rodrigo Wilson de Souza, Marcella Pedroso Peternelli Srougé, Rafael Leite Pacheco, Carlos Lima, Rachel Riera
• ‘Fighting a Global War Using a Local Strategy’: contextualism in COVID-19 response in Africa (7 April, 2021)

  Chinwe Lucia Ochu, Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, Oyeronke Oyebanji, Olaolu Aderinola, Oladipo Ogunbode, Rhoda Atteh, Tochi Okwor, Emeka Oguanuo, Tijesu Ojumu, Chinenye Ofoegbunam, Blessing Ebhodaghe, Gbenga Joseph, Priscilla Ibekwe, Chikwe Ihekweazu
• End-to-end convolutional neural network enables COVID-19 detection from breath and cough audio: a pilot study (16 April, 2021) Free

  Harry Coppock, Alex Gaskell, Panagiotis Tzirakis, Alice Baird, Lyn Jones, Björn Schuller
• MyCOVIDRisk app: development and utilisation of a COVID-19 risk assessment and mitigation application (30 March, 2021)

  Elizabeth M Goldberg, Charlotte S Bingaman, Sudheesha Perera, Megan L Ranney
• Contact-tracing applications: a review of technologies (12 April, 2021)

  Mohammad Nazayer, Samaneh Madanian, Farhaan Mirza
• Extending tubing to place intravenous smart pumps outside of patient rooms during COVID-19: an innovation that increases medication dead volume and risk to patients (19 April, 2021)

  Jeannine W C Blake, Karen K Giuliano, Robert D Butterfield, Tim Vanderveen, Nathaniel M Sims
• Applications and challenges of AI-based algorithms in the COVID-19 pandemic (19 April, 2021)

  Danai Khemasuwan, Henri G Colt