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While European governments look to digital health technology for ways to speed up their containment strategies, the long-term view is that the COVID-19 emergency will generate new approaches to sharing healthcare data once the pandemic has passed.

The Abu Dhabi Health Workforce Management System allows clinical staff from across the UAE to volunteer their services, or apply to work, in the healthcare sector during the current outbreak of COVID-19.

While Australia suffered through its unprecedented bushfire emergency, one life-saver app in the worst hit state was compulsively used by those in the danger zones and beyond.

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Activists have raised privacy concerns about the involvement of big data firm Palantir. 

Nothing is more valuable in cancer treatment than early diagnosis and personalisation of treatment, which have never seemed more possible than now, with new software developments, particularly with those by startup businesses.

A new generation of tools are becoming available and are not shying away from being rigorously tested.

Dubai-based private healthcare entities, Aster DM Healthcare and HealthHub by Al-Futtaim have introduced their own videoconference-style consultations to help the public during restricted movement.  

The scheme aims to improve access to health data for research and planning.

As the number of lives touched by COVID-19 is continuously mounting, so are the efforts of IT departments to counter the rising pressure on hospitals.