COVID-19

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4 September 2020

NHS seeks supplier to continue Palantir’s work on Covid-19 data store

The platform is currently run by Palantir, which in July had it's contract extended four months. The procurement process for
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4 September 2020

Government looks to digital ‘ID cards’ to enable easier access to services

Number 10 revealed on Tuesday it plans to ā€œupdate existing laws on identity checking to enable digital identity to be
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Bungee Jump
3 September 2020

Avoiding the bungee cord ā€˜bounce backā€™ for the health and care system

With many healthtech solutions being delivered within weeks during coronavirus, Indi Singh, looks into how the bungee cord ā€œbounce backā€
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2 September 2020

Covid-19 tracing tool to be built into phones, Apple and Google announce

The new exposure notification system will replace the need for users to install contact-tracing apps developed by public health bodies.
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Hospital
2 September 2020

Time to deliver ā€˜business better than usualā€™ with Covid-19 tech gains

Covid-19 has resulted in a tech culture change and Rich Corbridge argues this new agility for a digitised health environment
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1 September 2020

Alder Hey uses HoloLens for greater collaboration during Covid-19

The Heart Centre at Alder Hey currently uses HoloLens 2 to support clinicians in acute care scenarios, allowing users to
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27 August 2020

Quicker access to a contact-tracing app would ‘bolster’ Test and Trace

Privacy expert Polly Sanderson said the Test and Trace system would likely operate better with an ā€œintegratedā€ technological solution.
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25 August 2020

Newham trial of contact-tracing app a ‘step in the right direction’

Shuri Network co-founder, Dr Shera Chok, said it was ā€œnot clearā€ why a trial of the app in an ethnically
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25 August 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: Technology in care homes

Join us as we take a look at the use of technology in care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic and
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25 August 2020

Ensure support for digital based patient-initiated follow ups, experts say

Graham Kendall, director of the Digital Healthcare Council, said evidence ā€œoverwhelminglyā€ suggests patients actively involved in their care do better.
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