NHSX working with tech firms to help connect people during Covid-19
Tech firms are working with NHSX to help care home residents and patients connected with their loved ones during coronavirus.
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ORCHA launches library of clinically approved Covid-19 health apps
Since the beginning of March 2020 more than 500 health apps have been updated to contain coronavirus-related keywords in their description, ORCHA said.
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Timeline: What happened with the NHS Covid-19 app
Digital Health’s senior reporter, Andrea Downey, takes a look at the NHS Covid-19 app, what went wrong during development and updates since its launch.
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Government criticised for not collecting sex disaggregated Covid-19 data
A Coronavirus Status Checker will be used to collect informationinform the NHS’s response to the virus, but it fails to take a person’s sex into account.
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Microsoft and NHS Digital to provide new clinical capabilities through Teams
NHS Digital plans to build on its licensing agreement for Microsoft Teams to transform NHSmail into a ‘fully featured collaboration platform’.
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New Covid-19 assessment tool in Patientrack to help staff intervene early
An early warning technology used in NHS hospitals will now help nurses to carry out crucial assessments to help identify potential cases of Covid-19.
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New digital service ‘to allow every UK GP surgery to offer remote consults’
Nye Health, a free service that allows GPs to offer remote consultations from any device, integrates with existing systems to keep data within the NHS.
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Neither Covid-19 nor cyber-criminals care who gets infected and suffers
With Covid-19 pushing many trusts to their limit, Davey Winder explores why the health service is still an attractive target for cyber-criminals.
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Oxford University launches Covid-19 government response tracker
The Covid-19 Government Response Tracker contains data from 73 countries and records the actions governments have taken in response to coronavirus.
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NHS staff given free access to mental health apps amid Covid-19 outbreak
The apps, which include platforms to proactively improve mental health and sleep improvement programmes, will be freely available until December 2020.
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