Digital Health Unplugged: May news team debrief
Join Andrea Downey, Hannah Crouch and Jon Hoeksma as they look at the whether the app will be successful and if NHSX has taken the right approach.
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Government ‘cannot rely on contact-tracing app to ease lockdown’
It is “critical” that capacity for contact-tracing is advanced for “further stages of managing the epidemic”, according to a government committee.
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Government roadmap hints at more use of tele-medicine and remote care
The government will look for “innovative operating models” for the NHS and other health and care settings as the country recovers from coronavirus.
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Unreliable contact-tracing apps ‘could provide false sense of security’
The ethics advisory board tasked with overseeing the NHS contact-tracing app has raised concerns about the reliability of an app based on self-reporting.
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Google Analytics trackers in contact-tracing app code ‘risks re-identification’
NHSX has always maintained the code for the contact-tracing app would be made publicly available, but currently only the front-end code has been published.
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NHS contact-tracing app ‘falls short of data protection law’
Michael Veale, a lecturer in digital rights at University College London, found the app does not comply with UK law on anonymity and access to data.
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NHS Wales launches data hub to manage Covid-19 demand
It includes GP appointments; emergency department capacity; calls to NHS 111; statistics for positive tests; the number of beds; and beds with ventilators.
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NHS trust fast-tracks AI tool which allows doctors to view scans remotely
An NHS trust in the south-east fast-tracked the rolled out an AI tool which allows doctors to view patient scans remotely on an app.
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NHSX ‘working on second tracing app using Apple and Google tech’
Talks have reportedly intensified between NHSX and Apple and Google, including how the NHS might change its course on contact-tracing.
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Digital Health poll reveals reader’s opinions on NHS contact-tracing app
Digital Health News asked our readers what they thought of the contact-tracing app and the results revealed they don’t believe the NHS has been transparant.
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