NHS clinicians given free access to online health and care video library
An online video library which covers a wide selection of topics, conditions and procedures has been made available to NHS clinicians and patients.
Digital Patient
House of Lords committee press for NHS Covid-19 app roll-out date
The managing director of the NHS Covid-19 app has a committee that the introduction of the technology is “urgent and important” but could not give a date.
AI and Analytics
Calls for innovation fund for radiotherapy tech to help ease cancer backlog
Technology should play a role in easing the “huge” cancer backlog caused by Covid-19, according to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Radiotherapy.
AI and Analytics
Mitigating a post-covid-19 surge on imaging departments with joined tech
Despite a falling number of Covid–19 patients in ITU, imaging departments are facing another surge in demand, explains Dr James Diss, a radiology registrar.
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Private practice doctors offer e-prescribing through CloudRx
The switch enabled private practices to switch to virtual consultation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Hundreds of practice have made the switch to CloudRx.
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NHS launches online recovery service for Covid-19 patients
An online recovery service for those who are suffering from long-term effects of coronavirus has been launched by the NHS.
Digital Patient
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.
News
Timeline: What happened to the NHS contact-tracing app
Digital Health’s senior reporter, Andrea Downey, looks back at the NHS contact-tracing app, which was first announced back in March.
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Barts Health CIO portrait included in NHS birthday celebrations
A portrait of the CIO at Barts Health NHS Trust is to be showcased across the country as part of the NHS birthday celebration.
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An Advisory Panel member’s view of Covid-19
As a member of the Digital Health Networks Advisory Panel, we asked Aasha Cowey to share some of her experiences of working during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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