Privacy measures need to be in place if contact-tracing apps are to work
Those making Covid-19 tracing apps need to have the right privacy measures in place if they are to convince the public to use them, a BCS report has said.
Back to Top
Those making Covid-19 tracing apps need to have the right privacy measures in place if they are to convince the public to use them, a BCS report has said.
Sarah Wilkinson has said some healthcare technology which has been rolled out at scale in response to the Covid-19 outbreak is āhere to stayā.
Patientrack alerts doctors and nurses when a patients vital signs are deteriorating, letting them know if they need urgent attention.
NHSX has chosen to take a ācentralisedā approach to collecting data on potential Covid-19 contacts, compared to Apple and Googleās ādecentralisedā approach.
Matthew Gould has said he wants to āknock on the headā any suggestion that data from the NHS contact-tracing app will be shared with the private sector.
NHS Fife has extended the use of Alcidionās Patientrack early warning technology to community hospitals and paediatrics in a 5-year deal.
Staff at University Hospital Southampton are using Microsoft Teams on their mobile phones to quickly find out who has Covid-19 and who does not.

This Movers and Shakers roundup includes health secretary Wes Streeting’s resignation and the appointment of

Dermot Ryan, director of digital transformation at NHS England, has been announced as the latest
Today’s briefing features the detection of Alzheimer’s using VR and a personal training platform that

John Browett, business leader and former supermarket chief executive, has been named as chair of

Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patients had personal data stolen in the cyber