Royal Marsden partners with IBM to deliver first ever virtual assistant
Virtual assistant Ask Maisie will provide staff immediate access to Covid-19 HR related information and policies, as well as updates on workplace guidance.
Clinical Software
Doctorlink now available to patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria
The symptom assessment tool enables doctors in the region to offer online consultations in a bid to provide immediate and accurate health advice.
Clinical Software
Social prescribing ‘should be added to GP IT systems to go green’
Social prescribing could lead to better health outcomes and more environmentally aware patients, according to the British Medical Association.
Clinical Software
Greater use of health technology ‘could save 20,000 lives a year’
Think tank the Institute of Public Policy found the NHS could save £10 billion from reduced costs related to health by improving access to technology.
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Movers and Shakers news roundup
July’s roundup of movements and appointments includes a new interim CIO at Great Ormond Street and a new CEO at online triage provider, Klinik.
Health CIO
Londoners have their say on how their health data is used
Londoners have given national and local health leaders a mandate for how they expect their data to be used as part of a region-wide discussion.
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Experts react to government’s U-turn on contact-tracing app
Industry leaders said the government should ensure ethics and privacy are “correct by design” in its new contact-tracing app.
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More people sign up to Couch to 5k app during lockdown
During lockdown more people have taken part in the Couch to 5K programme which aims to get people running in 12 weeks, NHS England has said.
Digital Patient
Virtual Summer School 2020 programme published
The full programme for the Virtual Summer Schools 2020 has been published with the event just over three weeks away, 23-24 July.
News
More than two thirds of readers agree with contact-tracing app U-turn
More than two thirds of Digital Health readers have said they agreed with the government’s U-turn on the NHS contact-tracing app.
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