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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.

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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. In the space of weeks, primary care services in the UK have switched from 1.2

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

Lloyd Price

Messaging apps are the future of digital health technology in the UK. It is widely acknowledged that WhatsApp is being used across the majority of NHS hospitals. This means that if you work in the NHS, Medic Bleep can make your life easier by cutting down on wasted communication time.

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Five worrisome aging and health blog posts from August 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

You may be one of the dwindling population ( 34% are homeowners ) who have landlines in the US (even digital phone-service based). Read more. category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , smartphones, cellphones , social isolation August, so warm, so replete with nursing home doomsayers and endless scam calls.

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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.