UK NHS Switches to Google/Apple Contact Tracing App
The UK government has announced that is it changing direction of the development of its contact-tracing app. NHSX, the NHS’s digital innovation agency, has been developing a contact-tracing app that used its own technology rather than the platform developed by Apple and Google through a new collaboration specifically to help
Continue readingNAO Report: Digital transformation in the NHS
The UK’s National Audit Office have just released their report on digital transformation in the NHS. As many hospitals and GP practices across the NHS use new technology to transition to remote consultations and electronic services, this report outlines some of the key challanges: The NHS’s health and care services
Continue readingApple and Google release Covid-19 contact-tracing update to iOS and Android
Public health agencies that have developed contract-tracing apps can now use the first component of the Apple-Google contact tracing API called “Exposure Notifications” following an update to the iOS and Android operating systems. Read the full joint statement on Exposure Notifications below: “One of the most effective techniques that public
Continue readingFree Textbook PDF: Biomedical Informatics 4th Ed (Shortliffe and Cimino)
Springer have made the classic health informatics textbook “Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine 4th Edition”, edited by Edward H. Shortliffe an d James J. Cimino freely available online for PDF or e-Book download. Publishers description: Provides the conceptual base needed to comprehend and utilize medical informatics
Continue readingHealth Informatics and COVID-19: The Digital Transformation of Healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a massive shift to the adoption of digital health technologies such as telemedicine consultations and digital health apps for patients to track their COVID-19 symptoms and trace contacts. As the pandemic subsides, we will enter a “new normal” of teleconsultations as the primary means
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