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As the world braces for the spread of disease caused by the new coronavirus, public health officials are calling on clinicians and health systems to embrace a set of tools that are technically already within reach: smartphones. This week, officials from both the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization urged hospitals and clinics to expand their use of telehealth services — also known as remote or virtual care — to help triage the sick and keep the worried well out of already-crowded medical facilities.In the eyes of many clinicians and public health experts, telehealth’s moment has arrived. (Brodwin, 2/28)

Technology and health-care companies are racing to roll out new tools to test for and eventually treat the coronavirus epidemic spreading around the world. One sector that is holding back: Makers of artificial-intelligence-enabled diagnostic tools, increasingly championed by companies, health-care systems and governments as a substitute for routine doctor-office visits. (Olson, 2/29)