New Zealand Ministry of Health completes ‘world-leading’ trial for contact-tracing Bluetooth card

Milton Keynes adopts mass vaccination workflow tool

A journal article published this month in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, has explored the ethics surrounding the use of digital health technology in the care of older adults.

National system introduced in Wales to support COVID-19 vaccine roll out

UCL researchers publish ‘Find, Test, Track, Isolate and Support’ Covid dashboard

Boots to launch 12 minute Covid testing service

Oxford researchers explore machine learning tech for Covid testing

Covid-19: How many coronavirus cases are there in your area?

Interview Series: Tracy Taylor, Chief Executive, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Part Two: Health tech experts reflect and share learnings

COVID Symptom Study app research highlights delirium as a key sign of COVID-19 in older people

Interview Series: Sam Allen, CEO, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

COVID cases data overlay on Google Maps

Details of 18,000 who tested positive for COVID-19 accidentally published

Northern Ireland StopCOVID app to cover young people

Information sharing platform roll-out accelerated to support clinicians

Feature: COVID-19 phase 3 recovery report

Government places £161m order for 5.8 million DnaNudge COVID-19 tests

StopCOVID NI mobile app to launch

Self-care tech platform partners with Imperial College London to map COVID-19 symptoms

PHE publishes new data tool looking at the wider impacts of COVID-19 on health

NHS COVID-19 vaccine research registry launches

NHSX to release COVID-19 forecasting tool to local organisations

Oxford spin-out to launch £20 COVID test

NHS Digital publishes regional coronavirus dashboard

Bristol team launches coronavirus support app

Oxford University Hospitals introduces motorsport tech during COVID-19

NHSX launches national patient video library

Morecambe Bay pilots Microsoft mixed reality tech

Imprivata supports virtual visits with free software

Increasing patient engagement through a patient portal

Wales adopts text messaging service for Covid-19 test results

Oxford University Hospitals secures grant to develop COVID-19 training platform

Survey highlights 6 in 10 would download the NHS contact tracing app

Increasing patient engagement through a patient portal

Research app launched providing access to 52,000 COVID-19 papers

SBRI Healthcare, in collaboration with partners including the Health Innovation Network, has awarded almost £5 million in funding for innovations across learning disability and maternity care.

£150k funding for health tech in Wales

Digital platform developed in 5 days to support COVID-19 testing

Feature: harnessing the momentum within health tech post-Covid-19

Researchers publish online tool to calculate COVID-19 risks

Imperial uses mixed-reality to reduce staff numbers on its COVID-19 wards

COVID-19 app launched to support care homes across Greater Manchester

Contact tracing trialled at three health boards

Health Education England backs respiratory physiotherapist launch new app

King’s to develop AI COVID-19 decision support tool

SBRI Healthcare, in collaboration with partners including the Health Innovation Network, has awarded almost £5 million in funding for innovations across learning disability and maternity care.

Genomics study launched into patients infected with coronavirus

Lancashire Teaching launches online tool to support patients COVID-19 recovery

NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app source code published

London North West registrar develops COVID-19 tool

Increasing patient engagement through a patient portal

COVID-19 contact tracing apps from around the world

London trusts adopt Morecambe Bay’s Command Centre model for COVID response

Contact tracing app to be trialled on Isle of Wight

Feature: UAE labs implement connected management system to accelerate COVID-19 testing

Hampshire Hospitals adopts SMS tool to send COVID-19 results

Former Cambridge CEO to utilise COVID impact assessment tool across Abu Dhabi

Contact tracing app to be ready in two to three weeks

Jersey implements digital PPE coordination system

Contact tracing app launched in Australia

18 innovators successful to support vulnerable people during COVID-19

HTN Trends Series: How The Christie responded to the COVID-19 pandemic

RAF base hosts testing of Coronavirus NHS contact-tracing app 

Guy’s and St Thomas’ launch 3D printing farm

NHSX updates on contact tracing app and tech fund for the vulnerable

Feature: #HealthTechToShoutAbout

NHS Digital launches trial for machine learning to predict ICU beds and ventilator demand

App developed in 48 hours to support 2 trusts

Biobank GP data to be made available to scientists to tackle COVID-19

UK space technologies to boost NHS Coronavirus response

Increasing patient engagement through a patient portal

Hancock confirms contact tracing app

Priority broadband for clinicians working from home and free data for NHS staff

NHSX partners with Accenture and Facebook to trial video calling during Covid-19 crisis

Harrogate Nightingale to implement Silverlink PAS

Health app in China to control citizen movements after relaxing lockdown measures 

Industrial modelling techniques used by Cambridge engineers at Addenbrooke’s Hospital

Could an app detect COVID-19 based on the sound of your voice? Researchers launch new machine learning programme

HTN Webinar Learning Series: Healthcare Interoperability and Supporting Pathology During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

Oxford University publishes guidance on bluetooth contact tracing app

NHS COVID-19 symptom checker launched to help build up additional data

Microsoft Teams sees 44,885 NHS users per day

NHS Wales to implement IBM Watson COVID-19 virtual assistant

NWIS adds COVID-19 test results to Welsh Clinical Portal

Hosted document sharing platform launched for free to support healthcare teams during COVID-19 pandemic

NHS Digital publishes data on COVID-19 symptoms reported

NHS Nightingale London to use Cerner

EMIS, Uni of Oxford and RCGP launch COVID-19 GP data research initiative

NHS Apps library sees jump in visits and mental health research survey launched

Trusts adopt COVID-19 impact assessment tool and new mental health module launched    

HTN COVID-19 Webinar Learning Series

Babylon launches COVID-19 care assistant

NHS teams-up with tech giants for live COVID-19 data dashboard

Text messaging service launched for people with symptoms of COVID-19

NHS England works with GoodSam app to recruit volunteers

Feature Part Two: How tech is supporting the COVID-19 crisis

NHS WhatsApp COVID-19 chatbot launched

King’s College London researchers launch new symptom tracking app

Health Education England launches COVID-19 e-learning programme

USA developers launch USA Covid Near You tracking tool

Feature Part One: How tech is supporting the COVID-19 crisis

World Health Organisation launches WhatsApp chatbot to support COVID-19 pandemic

NHSX launches new funding for innovators providing social care or mental health support

World Health Organisation publishes global COVID-19 tracking dashboard

Who are your health tech heroes?

Health technologists and suppliers considered key workers

Health Tech Trends Series March 2020: The role of tech at this time

COVID-19 chatbot published to deal with common questions

NHS makes Microsoft Teams available for free

AI content analysis on COVID-19 archive literature

It's coming up to a year since our last deep dive into what's happening with digital and data in the South West. In this update, we look at what has happened since our last post across the South West region, covering news, strategies, and other recent developments impacting on digital and data on a local level.

NHS Digital to collect and analyse data to counter the spread of Coronavirus

NHS COVID-19 live impact assessment tool launched

National CCIO “We need to know how many people are self-isolating by region”

Public Health England publishes live coronavirus tracking dashboard