COVID-19

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Data capture
6 October 2020

12 things health data has taught us about Covid-19

Data collection has played a vital role in informaing the government’s response to the virus - Health Data Research tells
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Covid-19 test
5 October 2020

Investigation launched after IT error misses thousands of Covid-19 cases

A statement from Public Health England confirmed some 15,841 cases between 25 September and 2 October were left out of
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NHS Covid-19 App
5 October 2020

‘Major questions unanswered’ about effectiveness of NHS Covid-19 App

The Health Foundation has raised concerns about the lack of published evidence from the NHS Covid-19 App's pilots, which it
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2 October 2020

Equity, access, and service design: Video collaboration to deliver patient care, anytime, anywhere

Video conferencing in healthcare has become more prevalent than ever in 2020. But for Visionable this is just the beginning
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30 September 2020

NHS Covid-19 app ‘more privacy-centric than original model’

Five months on and a government U-turn to a decentalised operating model, Professor Eerke Boiten said the revamped app is
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Laboratory
30 September 2020

Black Country Pathology Services pushes through with lab info go-live

Black Country Pathology Services has gone live with a laboratory information system despite coronavirus threatening to "turn everything upside down'.
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a care worker makes a house call to a senior client at her home
30 September 2020

Care homes to receive thousands of iPads to tackle loneliness

The Department of Health and Social Care will provide up to 11,000 iPads to care homes to reduce the risk
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29 September 2020

Trials of the NHS Covid-19 App ‘not a waste of time’

Wolfgang Emmerich, founder of Zühlke Engineering, said “I don’t think it [the trial] was wasted” and provided valuable insights for
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NHS Covid-19 App
28 September 2020

NHS Covid-19 app downloaded 10 million times since launch

Some six million people downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app on the first day it was launched, the Department of Health
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28 September 2020

North Bristol NHS Trust fast-tracks digital tools roll out during Covid-19

North Bristol NHS Trust has fast-tracked the roll out of a series of digital tools to clinicians to help in
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