US developers at Harvard and Boston Children’s Hospital have launched a USA COVID-19 tracking tool. The tool created by epidemiologists and software developers at Harvard, Boston Children’s Hospital and a group of volunteers from across the technology industry is called Covid Near You. It uses crowdsourced data to visualise maps to […]
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Feature Part One: How tech is supporting the COVID-19 crisis
As part of our continued coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, we take a look at some of the innovative health tech companies that are supporting the NHS, patients and staff alike in the current crisis. In this feature supported by Highland Marketing, we hear from companies across health and care […]
Daily SMS to be sent to most vulnerable
A new SMS service has launched today by NHSX, NHS Digital, NHS Business Services Authority and the Behavioural Insights Team to communicate to those considered most threatened by COVID-19. Daily text messages will be sent to these people identified by the NHS to protect themselves for at least 12 weeks. […]
World Health Organisation launches WhatsApp chatbot to support COVID-19 pandemic
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a chatbot to be made available to millions of people through WhatsApp. The chatbot will provide trusted information on the COVID-19 situation through a messaging service in collaboration with Facebook and WhatsApp. To launch the service, message +41 79 475 22 09 and […]
NHSX launches new funding for innovators providing social care or mental health support
NHSX has launched a new programme to call for innovators to apply for funding of up to £25k that can support the elderly, vulnerable and self-isolating during COVID-19. The funding is aimed at helping innovations in the community, such as remote social care, optimising staffing in care and volunteering sectors and […]
World Health Organisation publishes global COVID-19 tracking dashboard
The World Health Organisation has launched a tracking dashboard to show every country affected by COVID-19. The dashboard can be accessed here: WHO Tracking Dashboard It features an interactive world map where the user can see numbers of infected in every country around the globe. Total confirmed cases Deaths Countries […]
Who are your health tech heroes?
Health tech professionals across the country have rallied in response to the current crisis, delivering new ways of working, new pathways, new software, features and more – all within extremely short timescales. We have heard lots of fantastic stories of how people, teams, providers and organisations in health tech across […]
Health technologists and suppliers considered key workers
At the end of Friday, educational settings in England closed their doors, with exception for vulnerable children and children of critical workers. A classification list of what is considered a key worker was published yesterday. Matthew Gould, CEO, NHSX said “If you are a technologist working to support the NHS […]
HTN Voice: No trust is an island: digital maturity for health and care economies
At its January 2020 meeting, Highland Marketing’s advisory board talked to Professor Graham Evans about how North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has reached HIMSS 5 – and how he hopes to progress digital maturity across the North East and North Cumbria integrated care system. Members then debated digital […]
Coronavirus contact tracking app in process
NHS organisations have started to develop and explore the feasibility of a coronavirus mobile app for instant contact tracing. Oxford University has provided evidence to support the feasibility of developing a contact tracing mobile app that is instant and could be widely deployed. The team are currently testing and simulating the […]
