Sick notes to be automated through NHS 111 to prevent Covid-19 spread
People will be able to provide a note to their employer without having face-to-face contact with GP services, reducing the risk of the virus spreading.
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GDE blueprints ‘hit usual NHS problem of low adoption’, digital leaders say
One year on from the release of the first wave of blueprints, it’s unclear what the uptake has been and if any systems have successfully been implemented.
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Coronavirus spread has ‘kicked NHS forward in adopting digital solutions’
Neil Paul, a Digital Health columnist and GP in Ashfields said practices “still in the stone ages” would be forced to move into the digital age.
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InterSystems and Imprivata partner for quicker access to patient data
Providers using InterSystems’ TrakCare will be able to select their preferred method of user authentication, including ‘tap and go’ or swipe cards.
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Exclusive: First wave of Digital Aspirants announced
The trusts will benefit from £28 million between them in the first year to deliver digital transformation programmes, NHSX confirmed.
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Pharmacies to share flu vaccine data with GPs after successful pilot
The programme was rolled out nationally following a pilot in Leeds involving 113 pharmacies using PharmOutcomes and 83 GP practices using SystmOne.
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Digital Health Unplugged: Women at Rewired
Digital Health Unplugged hosted its first all-women panel discussion at Rewired 2020, where diversity, inclusion and representation were high on the agenda.
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GPs urged to go digital to prevent spread of coronavirus
In a letter to GPs last week NHS England urged Britain’s 7,000 GP surgeries to reduce face-to-face appoints for patients displaying symptoms of coronavirus.
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Criado-Perez: Men are not a standard women fail to live up to
The first rule of the gender data gap, Criado-Perez tells us in a light-hearted and often funny talk on a serious subject, is that it’s not a conspiracy.
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The Shuri Network: Diversity ‘cannot be outsourced’
Dr Shera Chok, co-founder of the Network said the NHS was in “grave danger” of losing talented staff if the organisation doesn’t get diversity right.
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