Hull taps Inhealthcare for community telehealth service
City Health Care Partnership has launched a telehealth service in Hull to help people living with heart failure and COPD manage their condition at home.
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Aviva embraces digital age with GP app for corporate customers
Insurer Aviva has announced it is collaborating with Now Healthcare Group (NHG) to create a digital doctor service which allows customers to book video consultations with a GP.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
May’s mobile health and apps round up features an app that helps stroke patients get quicker access to the right care at the right place, and new research suggesting the number of UK adults using health apps is on the rise.
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Dimec allows patients to choose pick-up point for prescriptions
The update to Dimec’s app means patients can now view and select high street pharmacies based on their current location their home address or scroll around the integrated map.
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Well done, Darling: Hospital referrals go 100% electronic for North East England STP
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has moved to a fully electronic referral service for hospital appointments.
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Jeremy Hunt backs calls for ‘WhatsApp-style’ messaging app for NHS staff
A “WhatsApp-style” instant messaging service will be trialled within the NHS as part of attempts to improve communications between care teams and reduce reliance on outdated or unsafe technology.
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CCG praised for use of population health management software
A Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in Berkshire has won an international award for its use of population health management software to identify people who are risk of hospital admission.
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UK start-up OnCare raises £550,000 to tackle social care with tech
UK health-tech start-up OnCare has raised over half a million pounds in its efforts to transform social care in the country.
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Exclusive: GP at Hand to set up first ‘digital doctor hub’ within a month
Babylon’s GP at Hand is to set up the “first UK digital doctor hub” and has plans to roll out in two other cities in the UK by the end of the year, Digital Health News can exclusively reveal.
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Exclusive: GP at Hand partner hits back at cherry picking concerns
Speaking exclusively to Digital Health News, the medical director of Babylon has defended the company’s GP at Hand service against accusations it ‘cherry picks’ patients.
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