17 April 2020

NHSX staff warned about conflicts of interest during Covid-19 crisis

An email sent to NHSX staff said the organisation needs to “carefully manage” the challenges that arise from working with
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17 April 2020

Industry news in brief

This month's industry round-up features news that Oxford VR has launched a social engagement programme aimed at reducing anxious social
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16 April 2020

Apple and Google join forces in fight against Covid-19

The companies will create contact tracing technology to enable the use of Bluetooth to help governments and health authorities track
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15 April 2020

Data on vulnerable children to be shared with school nurses

The Child Protection Information Sharing tool is being "urgently" updated to ensure school nurses and health workers have data on
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14 April 2020

SilverCloud Health secures £12m funding to expand services

The funding will go towards developing innovative approaches to therapy for a range of psychological issues, SilverCloud said.
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14 April 2020

Imperial College rapidly deploys Attend Anywhere to cope with Covid-19

The trust was piloting Attend Anywhere when Covid-19 hit and took “urgent action” to deploy the technology across its hospital
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Babylon Healthcare Service Ltd
9 April 2020

Two Midlands trusts sign deal with Babylon to provide Covid-19 app

The trusts are to use Babylon's app-based service to flag patients with potential coronavirus, as well as assist those who
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9 April 2020

Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2020 winner profile: Celsium

The way clinicians monitor core body temperature hasn't changed much in 300 years, something Des Beattie and his team and
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8 April 2020

ORCHA launches library of clinically approved Covid-19 health apps

Since the beginning of March 2020 more than 500 health apps have been updated to contain coronavirus-related keywords in their
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8 April 2020

PRSB publishes guidance on clinical coding for coronavirus care

It comes after NHS Digital published the UK SNOMED CT codes for Covid-19. The guidance will support central data collections
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