New Nightingale hospital to use Harrogate and District’s Silverlink PAS
The new Nightingale Hospital set to open at Harrogate Convention Centre to treat patients with Covid-19 will use Silverlink Software’s patient administration system (PAS) to admit patients and track them across beds and wards. The PAS for the new 500 bed hospital will be offered as an extension to the existing Silverlink system used by […]
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TPP to help out with Covid-19 clinical trial initiative
GP IT supplier TPP has partnered with the Oxford RCGP RSC initiative to run clinical trials to address the Covid-19 emergency.
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Two Midlands trusts sign deal with Babylon to provide Covid-19 app
The trusts are to use Babylon’s app-based service to flag patients with potential coronavirus, as well as assist those who have been diagnosed.
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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.
Digital Patient
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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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.
Digital Patient
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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