UK’s NHS COVID-19 tracing app will be ‘technically ready’ in 3 weeks
The app, if included as part of a broader test, trace and isolate strategy, could help ease lockdown restrictions.
The app, if included as part of a broader test, trace and isolate strategy, could help ease lockdown restrictions.
Contract tracing could help the UK in its fight against Coronavirus. However, there are concerns about its effectiveness and data privacy.
The NHS in the UK is developing a tracing app to alert people that have come into contact with someone who has Coronavirus symptoms.
CEO of NHSX, Matthew Gould, has also said that the central digital unit for the NHS will be hiring a Director of AI.
An NHS shared service says measuring what users see at device level is proving very useful for staff productivity.
The NHS must be cautious of AI bias in healthcare system, which can cause serious problems.
Matt Hancock has this week said that it is a false choice to prioritise ‘fixing the plumbing’ over ‘forging ahead’ - he states that the NHS should be doing both.
NHS Digital is looking to reduce the burden placed on back offices across the NHS, including behavioural and transactional analysis.
The NHS ‘logins project’ will require IT system suppliers standardise logins and also for local and national systems to be integrated.
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Patients will soon also get the same eal-time access to data, the NHS Trust promises.
CIO Tracey Watson is taking a controlled approach to technological change that she hopes will help her organisation to overcome some complex challenges.