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Digital Health Unplugged: Technology in care homes

25 August 2020

Join us as we take a look at the use of technology in care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond as we move towards a digital-ready service.

Ensure support for digital based patient-initiated follow ups, experts say

25 August 2020

Graham Kendall, director of the Digital Healthcare Council, said evidence “overwhelmingly” suggests patients actively involved in their care do better.

Extra funding needed to support digital mental health services, report finds

24 August 2020

The £2.3 billion for mental health funding announced in the NHS Long Term Plan is no longer enough to sustain mental health services, a report has found.

NHS organisations adopt clinical decision support tool during pandemic

24 August 2020

A number of NHS organisations have adopted the UpToDate clinical decision support tool to help during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Solving interoperability is not ‘a technical problem, it’s a social problem’

21 August 2020

Solving interoperability is not “a technical problem, it’s a social problem”, the co-chair of INTEROPen, David Hancockk, has told Digital Health News.

Cyber security news roundup

21 August 2020

Our latest cyber security roundup features the news that NHS Greater Manchester Shared Services has received an international security standard

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Barts clinicians develop programme for long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms

20 August 2020

A digital programme to treat the lasting symptoms of Covid-19 has been developed by clinicians from Barts Health in collaboration with UCL researchers.