Covid-19 tracking tool appears on smartphones – but it’s not an app
The new exposure notification settings are part of an update to the operating systems, which will enable an app to run in the background.
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Kettering using System C app to help cut Covid-19 transmission rates
Kettering has mandated the use of System C’s care co-ordination app for clinical referrals and care co-ordination to help combat Covid-19 transmission.
Clinical Software
Tech providers join forces to help get digital services into care homes
Four technology providers have launched a major campaign to help the care home sector post-Covid by using digital services to improve their businesses.
Clinical Software
NHS Covid-19 data store fails to collect and analyse BAME data
The data protection impact assessment (DPIA) on the data store revealed that health information on the virus would not be broken down by ethnicity.
AI and Analytics
Government abandons contact-tracing app for Apple and Google’s tech
A parallel version of the NHS contact-tracing app using Apple and Google’s technology had been in the pipeline since early May.
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Norway forced to backtrack on mass surveillance track and trace app
Norway has been forced to stop loading data to its national Covid-19 track and trace app after a ruling by the national data privacy watchdog.
Cyber Security
The importance of data in the fight against coronavirus
Jem Rashbass, director of master registries and data at NHS Digital, explores why data has been a key role in the fight against coronavirus.
Feature
Collection of BAME Covid-19 data ‘should be mandated’
Public Health England (PHE) has released a series of recommendations aimed at reducing the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on BAME people.
AI and Analytics
DrDoctor and Intouch with Health partner for digital pathways solution
The solution combines DrDoctor’s video consultation platform and Intouch’s integrated virtual clinical management suite to help trusts cope amid Covid-19.
News
Imprivata helps patients keep in contact with family and doctors
Imprivata is providing free access to its GroundControl device which allows patients, clinicians and close relatives to interact via mobile devices.
Clinical Software