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NHS Digital CEO says healthcare tech is ‘here to stay’ after Covid-19

Sarah Wilkinson has said some healthcare technology which has been rolled out at scale in response to the Covid-19 outbreak
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Manchester’s Nightingale hospital goes live with Patientrack

Patientrack alerts doctors and nurses when a patients vital signs are deteriorating, letting them know if they need urgent attention.
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NHSX differs with Apple and Google over contact-tracing app

NHSX has chosen to take a ‘centralised’ approach to collecting data on potential Covid-19 contacts, compared to Apple and Google’s
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NHSX CEO dismisses private sector involvement in contact-tracing app

Matthew Gould has said he wants to “knock on the head” any suggestion that data from the NHS contact-tracing app
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NHS Fife extends use of Alcidion’s Patientrack software

NHS Fife has extended the use of Alcidion’s Patientrack early warning technology to community hospitals and paediatrics in a 5-year
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University Hospital Southampton staff using Teams for Covid-19 results

Staff at University Hospital Southampton are using Microsoft Teams on their mobile phones to quickly find out who has Covid-19
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Clinical IT supplier Microtest acquired by venture firm PUBLIC

Cornwall-based Microtest has worked closely with the NHS to provide primary care software in England, Scotland and Wales.
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Yeovil District Hospital receiving medical data from Dorset Care Record

Staff working at Yeovil District Hospital are receiving information feeds from the Dorset Care Record for the first time.
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Joe’s View: Care After Covid-19, Back to The Future

As he begins a new chapter in his career at Sleepstation, Joe McDonalds looks at the upcoming challenges and the
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Additional information to be automatically added to Summary Care Record

Additional information will be automatically added to of any patient who has not expressed a preference that information isn’t shared.
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