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4 September 2020

Government looks to digital ‘ID cards’ to enable easier access to services

Number 10 revealed on Tuesday it plans to “update existing laws on identity checking to enable digital identity to be
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3 September 2020

Avoiding the bungee cord ‘bounce back’ for the health and care system

With many healthtech solutions being delivered within weeks during coronavirus, Indi Singh, looks into how the bungee cord “bounce back”
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2 September 2020

Covid-19 tracing tool to be built into phones, Apple and Google announce

The new exposure notification system will replace the need for users to install contact-tracing apps developed by public health bodies.
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2 September 2020

Time to deliver ‘business better than usual’ with Covid-19 tech gains

Covid-19 has resulted in a tech culture change and Rich Corbridge argues this new agility for a digitised health environment
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1 September 2020

Alder Hey uses HoloLens for greater collaboration during Covid-19

The Heart Centre at Alder Hey currently uses HoloLens 2 to support clinicians in acute care scenarios, allowing users to
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27 August 2020

Quicker access to a contact-tracing app would ‘bolster’ Test and Trace

Privacy expert Polly Sanderson said the Test and Trace system would likely operate better with an “integrated” technological solution.
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25 August 2020

Newham trial of contact-tracing app a ‘step in the right direction’

Shuri Network co-founder, Dr Shera Chok, said it was “not clear” why a trial of the app in an ethnically
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25 August 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: Technology in care homes

Join us as we take a look at the use of technology in care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic and
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25 August 2020

Ensure support for digital based patient-initiated follow ups, experts say

Graham Kendall, director of the Digital Healthcare Council, said evidence “overwhelmingly” suggests patients actively involved in their care do better.
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24 August 2020

Extra funding needed to support digital mental health services, report finds

The £2.3 billion for mental health funding announced in the NHS Long Term Plan is no longer enough to sustain
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