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Text and telephone consultations trump video during Covid-19

Text and telephone consultations proved more popular than video consultations, which providers put down to video being newer and therefore
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Ministry of Defence rolls out eConsult across 124 sites

Around 183,500 military personnel are set to have access to the online platform from sites based in the UK and
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Online consultation provider eConsult added to NHS App

The integration with the NHS App enables patients to quickly access online consultations as well as allowing their doctor to
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Further suppliers for online primary care services during Covid-19 revealed

NHS England has confirmed the successful bidders of further lots in a confidential 48-hour tender for the immediate provision of
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Exclusive: 11 suppliers chosen to provide video consults during Covid-19

Suppliers have been told they will be working with a number of CCGs, but exact regions are yet to be
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London hospital trials digital triage service in urgent care departments

Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup introduced eTriage, a system where patients self-check in and are automatically triaged by clinical need.
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GP apps need ‘back-up plan’ in cases of suspected sepsis, new guidance says

Sepsis can be a notoriously difficult infection to spot, which raises the question: Do GP apps pose a risk the
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Online consultations might not be ‘a silver bullet’ for GPs

The chief executive of eConsult has admitted that online consultations 'may not be a silver bullet' after research revealed low
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Emis to deliver eConsult

Emis Health has teamed up with the creators of WebGP to offer the online self-triage and patient information service to
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