The Government has today launched a Coronavirus Information Service through WhatsApp. The chatbot will provide anyone with trustworthy and timely information about coronavirus. To launch the service send hi to +44 7860 064422 on WhatsApp. It will also allow the government to send messages through WhatsApp to users and for users […]
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King’s College London researchers launch new symptom tracking app
Researchers at King’s College London have launched a new symptom tracking app aimed to slow the spread of coronavirus. The new app which tracks symptoms related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) allows anyone to self-report daily. It has been developed as a partnership between researchers at King’s and health data science company ZOE, […]
Health Education England launches COVID-19 e-learning programme
UK health and care workforce have been given free open access to an e-learning programme on COVID-19 developed by Health Education England. The pandemic has spurred the creation of the programme which will be given to all those working in the NHS, the independent sector and social care. Including in […]
USA developers launch USA Covid Near You tracking tool
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
