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
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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
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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
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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
Continue readingHealth IT News report on the talks between the various standards groups that took place recently in Brisbane, Australia: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – The standards groups that met here at the end of August to work on developing health informatics standards that can be used around the world, are already preparing for their
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