COVID-19

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A nurse tending to a bed at a hospital
31 March 2020

Covid-19: NHS to trial digital passports to free up staff movement

The smartphone-based passports will contain a basic set of credentials that will allow staff to be quickly deployed to different
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Hot Iron
31 March 2020

Strike while the iron is hot: why we need to go further on digital health

Graham Kendall, director of the Digital Healthcare Council, explores why there is much more to be done with regards to
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Rachel Dunscombe, CTO of Visionabel
30 March 2020

Rachel Dunscombe to lead on Visionable platform strategy as CTO

The former Salford Royal CIO joins Visionable at a pivotal moment for the video consultation market, as it scrambles to
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30 March 2020

Summer Schools July 2020 dates moved to September

The dates of Digital Health Summer Schools 2020 have been moved and are to be replaced with new online Virtual
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26 March 2020

Digital Health Networks discuss digital responses to Covid-19

A total of 442 members of the networks tuned into a special webinar around digital responses to Covid-19, which featured
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Opt-Out
26 March 2020

National data opt-out deadline pushed back to alleviate Covid-19 response

NHS Digital and NHSX have moved the national data opt-out compliance deadline to 30 September to allow NHS organisations to
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Ali Parsa Babylon
26 March 2020

Babylon Health launches Covid-19 care assistant in UK

Patients can use the service to check symptoms, get advice on Covid-19 and can be referred to a GP or
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A women interacting with her smartphone
25 March 2020

GoodSAM app being used to recruit NHS volunteers

The GoodSAM app is being used to help recruit around a quarter of a million volunteers to support the NHS during
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Coronavirus
25 March 2020

King’s College London launches Covid-19 symptom reporting app

King's College London has launched an app that will allow people to report symptoms of Covid-19 and researchers to track
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A nurse examines a electronic patient chart on a tablet
24 March 2020

PatientSource offers ‘lite’ EPR software for coronavirus-hit hospitals

The slimmed-down version of the PatientSource EPR features a cloud-based electronic observation module complete adapted for Covid-19 patients.
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