NHS App to be used as Covid-19 passport, transport secretary confirms

Grant Shapps confirmed the app will be used a Covid-19 passport to prove vaccination status, or negative test, before going
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Artificial intelligence test could hold key to bowel cancer treatment

The test uses artificial intelligence to measure proteins present in patients with advanced bowel cancer to help doctors decide on
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Microsoft Teams and other 365 services back up and running

Microsoft Teams is used by numerous NHS organisations. In March 2020 NHS Digital rolled Microsoft Teams out across the entire
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Essex Council signs £9m deal for health and care technology

The three year call off agreement, valued at £8.9m, will use technology to support Essex adults in their own home
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New data on hospital medicine use to support Covid-19 research

NHS Digital has set up the Hospital Prescribing and Administration resource to collect data from electronic prescription and administration systems
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NHS Digital’s online Covid-19 dashboard used three million times

The tool, provided by NHS Digital, allows users to check virus cases within ten miles of their postcode, as well
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Seventeen South West trusts sign deal to support regional image sharing

The joint agreement with Wellbeing Software and Insignia Medical Systems will facilitate cross organisational image sharing across the South West.
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Industry news in brief

The latest Digital Health News industry round-up features news five innovative projects received funding from the Health Innovation Network South
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David Cameron ‘lobbied Matthew Gould for access to NHS staff data’

Cameron lobbied Gould on behalf of Greensill Capital, which developed an advance payment app for doctors and nurses in the
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AXA launches digital healthcare platform with Microsoft

It's currently open to all AXA customers in Germany and Italy, with the service expected to be rolled out in
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