Andrea Downey - Digital Health

17 June 2020

Collection of BAME Covid-19 data ‘should be mandated’

Public Health England (PHE) has released a series of recommendations aimed at reducing the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on BAME

17 June 2020

Text and telephone consultations trump video during Covid-19

Text and telephone consultations proved more popular than video consultations, which providers put down to video being newer and therefore

17 June 2020

DrDoctor and Intouch with Health partner for digital pathways solution

The solution combines DrDoctor’s video consultation platform and Intouch’s integrated virtual clinical management suite to help trusts cope amid Covid-19.

16 June 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: June news team debrief

Join senior reporter Andrea Downey, editor Hannah Crouch and editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma as they discuss the NAO report into digital

15 June 2020

Microsoft 365 deal expected to save NHS hundreds of millions

The deal, struck between NHSX, NHS Digital and Microsoft, aims to improve productivity, enhance collaboration and strengthen cyber security.

12 June 2020

Results of first week of test and trace are in – app is still out

The app was designed to speed up the process of contact-tracing, with epidemiologists previously warning manual contact-tracing would be too

12 June 2020

‘Apparent failure’ of contact-tracing app hinders test and trace system

A report criticised the government’s decision to develop a centralised contact-tracing model, raising concerns about “confidentiality and security of data".