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COVID-19: a technologist’s tale

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Globally the response has divided and united populations and no less so in the UK, says global digital adviser and NHS clinician Dr Sam Shah. So far we have seen responses from across government, the NHS, local authorities and wider society coupled with industry providing support and in many cases much needed PPE.

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Riding the digital wave through COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay. A second wave of digital transformation?

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COVID-19 and digital transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Interoperability Telehealth The director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay writes about significant acceleration of digital transformation across the UK.

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The Nursing Home Closure Debacle – does it help anyone?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

You may have read this depressing article this morning in the Wall Street Journal about the number of people stuck in hospitals with no place to go because there are no nursing homes to take them – which is the status in the UK’s the National Health System (NHS). That was an embarrassment in the UK – and this is a scandal in the US.

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Five worrisome aging and health blog posts from August 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

You may have read a depressing article this morning in the Wall Street Journal about the number of people stuck in hospitals with no place to go because there are no nursing homes to take them – which is the status in the UK’s National Health System (NHS). That was an embarrassment in the UK – and this is a scandal in the US.

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WhatsApp, Messaging Apps and the future of Digital Health in the UK

Lloyd Price

It is widely acknowledged that WhatsApp is being used across the majority of NHS hospitals. 2) MedicBleep - [link] Medic Bleep has been developed as a simple and secure solution to the communication challenges that healthcare professionals and wider team in the NHS face while going about their everyday work.

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Building a digitally accessible front door to the NHS

Digital Leaders HealthTech

Building a mobile app that is accessible for as many people as possible is at the very heart of what we are doing with the NHS App. The task we have been given is ambitious: to build a digital ‘front door’ to the NHS — a single, easy-to-use way for the public in England to access their universal healthcare system.