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KEY POINTS NYU Langone Health patients will be able to check in for appointments using Amazon One, the company's palm-scanning technology. The service will help NYU Langone speed up the sign-in process, reduce wait times and alleviate administrative workloads. NYU Langone will be the largest third-party deployment of Amazon One to date. Patients at NYU Langone Health facilities will soon be able to check in for appointments using Amazon's palm-scanning technology, the company announced Monday. The contactless service, called Amazon One, can identify patients "securely and quickly," according to a release. NYU Langone said the technology will help it speed...

Key Points Social workers at a New York City hospital battling the coronavirus outbreak say the hospital dragged its feet at taking precautions to protect staff there from getting infected. “Last week they wouldn’t let us wear masks and told us [the coronavirus] wasn’t spread on surfaces or clothes,” one of those social workers at NYU Langone Health told CNBC. New York City is the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. Social workers at a New York City hospital battling the coronavirus outbreak say the hospital dragged its feet at taking precautions to protect them from getting...