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Google and Apple release their contact-tracing software

Google and Apple have released their Covid-19 contact-tracing software which can be used by smartphones across the globe.
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Inaugural CNIO survey reveals desire for formal career pathways

Many nurses and allied health professionals who are working in healthcare IT feel their role should be certified, a Digital
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NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app ‘delayed until June’

Health secretary Matt Hancock had previously said the app would be rolled out by mid-May, as had NHSX chief Matthew
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Digital Health Summer Schools to go virtual for 2020

The Digital Health Summer Schools have gone virtual this year, with two days of online learning, networking and collaboration expected
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The importance of healthtech partnerships during a pandemic

During lockdown, Rachel Murphy and Richard Corbridge have come together to discuss how partnerships have been used in the fight
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App provides on-the-spot mental health crisis support

A team of trained mental health professionals will offer direct video support to responders and patients in a bid to
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Centralised approach to contact-tracing app ‘based on shaky assumptions’

Privacy expert Polly Sanderson told Digital Health News there were “serious issues” associated with relying on the self-reporting of symptoms.
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Three Scottish trusts trial Covid-19 contact-tracing software

The pilot will allow the trusts to test the software, which will be used by contact tracers to collect the
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Technology: How social care can emerge from the Covid-19 crisis

When the care sector emerges from the battle with Covid-19, Jonathan Papworth, sees an opportunity to build a new technology-enabled
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Seven NHS trusts using video calling platform for virtual visits

Seven NHS Trusts are using technology developed by WiFi SPARK in to help connect hospital patients with their loved ones
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