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.
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Contact tracing, data and the NHS - some questions answered by NHSX
Contract tracing could help the UK in its fight against Coronavirus. However, there are concerns about its effectiveness and data privacy.
The effectiveness of Coronavirus tracing technology called into question as UK works to develop app
The NHS in the UK is developing a tracing app to alert people that have come into contact with someone who has Coronavirus symptoms.
NHSX to “reduce the asymmetry” between big suppliers and buyers
CEO of NHSX, Matthew Gould, has also said that the central digital unit for the NHS will be hiring a Director of AI.
Creating better digital experiences for NHS teams, to deliver better care for patients
An NHS shared service says measuring what users see at device level is proving very useful for staff productivity.
NHSX talks up benefits of AI in healthcare - but there are clear risks
The NHS must be cautious of AI bias in healthcare system, which can cause serious problems.
Health Secretary takes aim at AI critics and declares war on NHS bureaucracy
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 outlines changes to NHSmail - expects 40,000 hours a year to be saved
NHS Digital is looking to reduce the burden placed on back offices across the NHS, including behavioural and transactional analysis.
NHSX CEO says ‘we’re listening’ - £40m announced to reduce login times across NHS
The NHS ‘logins project’ will require IT system suppliers standardise logins and also for local and national systems to be integrated.
A lesson in digital direction from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Major NHS trust digital leader on digitising the health sector in the age of austerity in UK healthcare
Could ‘R’ become the basis for effective NHS analytics?
Why burns surgeons, anaesthetists and other NHS medical specialists are teaching themselves a complex programming language more commonly used by statisticians and data miners
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust creates analytics-powered ‘command centre’
Patients will soon also get the same eal-time access to data, the NHS Trust promises.
Northern Care Alliance looks to create a long-term platform for digital transformation
CIO Tracey Watson is taking a controlled approach to technological change that she hopes will help her organisation to overcome some complex challenges.