Sara Mageit

The healthcare ICT provider and NHS Wales Informatics Service have signed a contract to deliver software solution Digistat. 

The study is particularly critical as the government urges the health industry to be prepared for potential COVID-19 second wave.  

The mental health and learning disability care provider is using cloud-based CareDirector. 

UK government announces that a new COVID-19 contact tracing app will be launched across England and Wales on 24 September.

With the explosion of social media networks in the past decade, gamification has become a powerful tool used to drive user engagement.

Also, Switzerland’s Health n Go blockchain health certificate app shows the effectiveness of digitally delivered health certificates.

Takeaways from Alison Byrne, FGM specialised midwife at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust & University Hospitals Birmingham NHS trust, and Lina Chan, founder and CEO of Parla, who will be speaking at HIMSS Europe Digital.

The extra £50 million investment will boost improvements in technology across the NHS to speed up the diagnoses of diseases like cancer.

The platform has had 73,000 users and 2.6 million requests since its launch in April.

Clinicians have been using the immersive technology to minimise patient contact and improve acute care during COVID-19.