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16 June 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: June news team debrief

Join senior reporter Andrea Downey, editor Hannah Crouch and editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma as they discuss the NAO report into digital
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Vital Signs
16 June 2020

Trusts across England adopt TPP’s eObs platform for more accurate info

NHS Trusts covering Surrey, North East Hampshire, and Leicestershire have recently adopted TPP’s eObs platform making patient observations more accurate.
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15 June 2020

Microsoft 365 deal expected to save NHS hundreds of millions

The deal, struck between NHSX, NHS Digital and Microsoft, aims to improve productivity, enhance collaboration and strengthen cyber security.
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Computer Code
15 June 2020

Consortium to look into algorithms for Covid-19 pneumonia diagnosis

A team which is being led by the University of Oxford is looking to develop potential algorithms which could help
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Uphill challenge
15 June 2020

NHS digital transformation remains tough

Following on from the publication of a NAO report into digital transformation across the NHS, Jon Hoeksma, reflects on healthcare
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15 June 2020

Kingston Hospital NHS FT looks towards HIMSS stage 7 with EDMS

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has selected Swiss Post Solutions (SPS) to deliver an electronic document management system (EDMS).
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NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
12 June 2020

Results of first week of test and trace are in – app is still out

The app was designed to speed up the process of contact-tracing, with epidemiologists previously warning manual contact-tracing would be too
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12 June 2020

‘Apparent failure’ of contact-tracing app hinders test and trace system

A report criticised the government’s decision to develop a centralised contact-tracing model, raising concerns about “confidentiality and security of data".
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12 June 2020

Industry news in brief

Our monthly industry round-up is back, this time featuring news Locums Nest has partnered with Rotageek to improve NHS rostering.
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11 June 2020

Contact-tracing app data ‘could feed into NHS Covid-19 data store’

The data protection impact assessment on the store, managed by Palantir, provides a look at how data will inform the
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