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NHS Covid-19 data store fails to collect and analyse BAME data

19 June 2020

The data protection impact assessment (DPIA) on the data store revealed that health information on the virus would not be broken down by ethnicity.

Digital Health’s coronavirus news round-up

19 June 2020

As we head well into month 3 of lockdown – Digital Health News has rounded up all the latest Covid-19 news, including an update on the contact-tracing app.

Government abandons contact-tracing app for Apple and Google’s tech

18 June 2020

A parallel version of the NHS contact-tracing app using Apple and Google’s technology had been in the pipeline since early May.

Norway forced to backtrack on mass surveillance track and trace app

18 June 2020

Norway has been forced to stop loading data to its national Covid-19 track and trace app after a ruling by the national data privacy watchdog.

Worcester Acute Hospitals deploys digital pre-op assessments

18 June 2020

Using Intouch with Health’s Synopsis, the system aims to increase the trusts pre-operative capacity and enable patients to see the right nurse.

Collection of BAME Covid-19 data ‘should be mandated’

17 June 2020

Public Health England (PHE) has released a series of recommendations aimed at reducing the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on BAME people.

Text and telephone consultations trump video during Covid-19

17 June 2020

Text and telephone consultations proved more popular than video consultations, which providers put down to video being newer and therefore less familiar.