University College London Hospitals, Great Ormond Street and Cambridge University Hospitals are utilising tools from Epic to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children is using video visits in Epic to deliver care to patients at home, along with a courier service to deliver prescriptions. Patients […]
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PRSB publishes guidance on COVID-19 SNOMED CT codes
The Professional Record Standards Body has published guidance on COVID-19 SNOMED CT codes. In response to the current pandemic, the body has worked with NHS Digital to publish clinical information for COVID-19-related care and treatment and how it should be coded. The UK SNOMED CT codes for COVID-19 have been released […]
Microsoft Teams sees 44,885 NHS users per day
On 18th March NHSX, NHS Digital and Microsoft announced Microsoft Teams would be available for free for three months. The tool was rolled out to all NHSmail users on 20th March and between March 22–28 it was used to facilitate 973,072 private online chats, rising from 6,804 on March 22 to a […]
Department of Health Northern Ireland launches COVID-19 app
The Department of Health Northern Ireland has launched a new Covid-19 NI information app with the support of Civica, in partnership with Big Motive. The app provides trusted, immediate advice and links to information and includes guidance on the symptoms of the coronavirus infection and supports individuals to identify whether they might […]
NHS Wales to implement IBM Watson COVID-19 virtual assistant
NHS Wales and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is to implement IBM’s virtual assistant to support COVID-19 questions from healthcare workers and the public. CERi, an English and Welsh speaking virtual assistant from IBM, will soon go live to provide information to common COVID-19 questions, and is being provided […]
NWIS adds COVID-19 test results to Welsh Clinical Portal
The NHS Wales Informatics Services has announced COVID-19 test results have been added to its national clinical portal. The unit developed an electronic test requesting system for use in community test units across Wales and has now made this information available. Patients who test for COVID-19 will be added to […]
Hosted document sharing platform launched for free to support healthcare teams during COVID-19 pandemic
An independent document sharing platform has been launched by CCube Solutions to support providers and health professionals access information during the COVID-19 crisis. The company said it is providing a secure cloud-based platform that is accessible from any device and independently from an IT system to support healthcare professionals access […]
NHSX appoints Director of Standards and Interoperability
NHSX has appointed Irina Bolychevsky as its Director of Standards and Interoperability. The role reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer, David Turner who was recently appointed to the role and will join the unit next month. The Director of Standards and Interoperability role has a salary over £100,000 and has responsibility […]
HTN volunteer and jobs service now free
HTN is pleased to announce the HTN and Leading Healthcare jobs service is now free. For years the service has supported many organisations with their recruitment activities for specialist roles and now we are offering this service for free. If you are looking for a volunteer or have a vacancy, […]
NHS Digital publishes data on COVID-19 symptoms reported
NHS Digital has published a new dashboard that shows the total number of COVID-19 symptoms reported through NHS Pathways triages through 111 and 999, and online assessments in 111 online. NHS Digital said the data is based on potential COVID-19 symptoms reported and is not a count of people, where a […]
