Chelsea and Westminster’s Mum and Baby app to be adopted across NHS
Created by Sunita Sharma, consultant obstetrician at Chelsea and Westminster, the Mum and Baby app will be rolled out across the country.
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World Health Organisation launches app to improve care for the elderly
The interactive app provides guidance on priority conditions including mobility limitations, malnutrition, vision and hearing loss and cognitive decline.
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Only 15% of healthcare apps meet safety standards, research reveals
ORCHA evaluated more than 5,000 healthcare apps against 260 performance and compliance factors and found that majority don’t meet minimum standards.
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New online platform promotes mental health self-care
The platform offers expert mental health advice and practical tips as well as a quiz which provides a personalised action plan with self-care actions.
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More than 100,000 women access records through digital maternity tools
NHS England committed to ensuring digital services replaced clunky paper notes when the Long Term Plan was published in January.
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Juliet Bauer appointed managing director at online GP provider LIVI
Juliet Bauer succeeds Luke Buhl-Nielson, who will be taking up the position of vice-president for business development and operations at the company.
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NHSE publishes toolkit for implementing online GP consultations
The document suggests there’s no “one size fits all” approach to implementing online consultations and encourages practices to learn from each other.
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GP at Hand in ‘formal talks’ to expand to Manchester in 2020
GP at Hand is expected to be operating in the northern city in early 2020, with a new physical premises will be set up in central Manchester.
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New patient list rules are a ‘significant undertaking’ for digital providers, Babylon says
Paul Bate, managing director of NHS services for Babylon, told Digital Health News that setting up new patient lists would take ‘time, resource and cost’.
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Out-of-area GP rules to be changed to address digital-first inequalities
The move would see Babylon forced to set up 17 new alternative provider medical services (APMS) based on their current patient registrations.
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