Fast and furious tech adoption could break NHS services
Covid-19 has accelerated the NHS technology agenda – including a sharp rise in video consultations, but we now need to learn from this.
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Tech in ICUs: A personal connection when physical contact isn’t possible
Face-to-face contact with ICU staff is vital for family members worried about a patient, but with Covid-19 putting a stop to visits tech has a role to play.
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DrDoctor launches free Covid-19 toolkit for NHS Trusts
DrDoctor has launched a free Covid-19 toolkit, which includes videio consultations and a digital symptom assessment tracker for NHS trusts.
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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.
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Covid-19: NHS datasets ‘not sophisticated enough’ to flag high risk patients
Patients who have been contacted by NHS England can be identified through an “at high risk” indicator code applied to their patient record.
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Rachel Dunscombe to lead on Visionable platform strategy as CTO
The former Salford Royal CIO joins Visionable at a pivotal moment for the video consultation market, as it scrambles to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Online triage tools to be ‘rapidly procured’ to manage Covid-19 pressures
In a letter sent to providers last week, GP surgeries were told to move to a triage-first model of care as the NHS bolsters its response to Covid-19.
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Coronavirus news round-up: Digital Health debrief
Digital Health News will be bringing you a weekly round-up of the latest coronavirus news from the NHS and suppliers as the outbreak continues.
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Exclusive: 11 suppliers chosen to provide video consults during Covid-19
Suppliers have been told they will be working with a number of CCGs, but exact regions are yet to be confirmed, Digital Health News understands.
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Covid-19: Video consults require ‘major changes to a complex system’
Strategic leads at both a national and local level will be required to deploy video systems in the face of coronavirus, researchers wrote in the BMJ.
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