Intermountain, UT Health, Rush U Joins PhysIQ’s COVID-19 Digital Biomarker Study
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– Today, physIQ announced that three more health systems have joined the NIH-funded DeCODe study to develop an AI-based COVID-19 digital biomarker. Intermountain Healthcare Utah, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Rush University Medical Center will serve as recruiting centers and key partners in the Phase II validation stage of this study.
– Realization of this biomarker may provide early detection of a rapid clinical decompensation in high-risk COVID-19 positive patients. The DeCODe study, along with other physIQ-led projects, is helping to identify the earliest signals of an inflammatory response specific to an individual who may have COVID.
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