Greater Manchester launches care homes Covid-19 tracker
A digital tool has been developed in Greater Manchester which helps care homes to track Covid-19 and coordinate care with GP practices and others.
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Technology: How social care can emerge from the Covid-19 crisis
When the care sector emerges from the battle with Covid-19, Jonathan Papworth, sees an opportunity to build a new technology-enabled delivery model.
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Online portal launched to help care homes access Covid-19 tests
A new online portal which aims to make it easier for care homes to arrange deliveries of coronavirus test kits has been by the government.
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NHSE to roll out new digital portal to cut delays for care home beds
The tool can be used on any device and takes staff just 30 seconds to upload details of available beds. More than 6,250 care homes have already signed up.
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Nottingham Care home to roll out Ascom teleCARE platform
The platform will give Wren Hall’s 100 members of staff alerts of resident alarm calls and details of their caseload for the day.
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Digital ‘early warning system’ trialled at Sheffield care homes
Nursing staff are using an app to record care home residents’ vital signs and share them with clinicians at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
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Connected care homes ‘could slash £1bn from NHS demand’
A project run by NHS Calderdale CCG has suggested that telehealth in care homes could cut hospital admissions by as much as third
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Video calling service to be launched across all care homes in Liverpool
Care homes across Liverpool will have access to a service allowing staff to video call a hospital when a resident has a health concern.
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Care homes need better digital information sharing
A Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) survey reveals care homes need better digital information sharing following hospital discharge.
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NHS Arden rolls out care homes dashboard
NHS Arden Commissioning Support Unit has created a care quality dashboard for nursing homes which is due to be rolled out across Worcestershire next month.
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