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Mobile health and apps news in brief

13 September 2019

This month’s mobile apps round-up features news WhatsApp-style clinical messaging app Forward could save the NHS £44m a year.

Google and others ‘not interested in electronic patient record market’

12 September 2019

Google’s Cloud advisor said that too much money had been invested in EPR systems to give Google and rival tech giants a window to the market.

A panel of healthcare representatives at Intelligent Health in Basel

Healthcare representatives share AI qualms at Intelligent Health

12 September 2019

A panel of health system managers, clinicians and policymakers discussed the pain points surrounding AI in healthcare at a dedicated event in Basel.

Apple to launch research app to allow users to privately submit health data

12 September 2019

The Apple Research app will allow US users to have the option of privately contributing to health research by sharing data collected from their smartwatch.

Microsoft's corporate VP of healthcare, Dr Peter Lee

‘Startling advances’ in natural language processing will ease paper burden

11 September 2019

Peter Lee from Microsoft said that advances in machine learning models meant that consumer-facing translation platforms could be repurposed for healthcare.

St George’s begins roll out of Siilo messaging app following successful pilot

11 September 2019

The Siilo app provides a safe and secure way of sharing patient data. It’s now used by clinicians, junior doctors and specialists across the trust.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ pharmacist develops app for medication questions

11 September 2019

The MedTap app provides answers to questions such as when and how to take pills, what to do about side effects, how to re-order more pills and the cost.