Rachel Dunscombe joined Visionable as its chief technology officer on Monday (30 March). Rachel is one of the best-known health tech leaders in the UK, as a result of her work with the NHS Digital Academy, the KLAS ARCH Collaborative, and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
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Siemens Healthineers Releases Test Kit for Coronavirus COVID-19
Siemens Healthineers announced the availability of its molecular Fast Track Diagnostics (FTD) SARS-CoV-2 Assay test kit used to aid in the diagnosis of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease. Test kits are already being shipped within the European Union for research use only (RUO) to expedite availability while the company continues to pursue Emergency Use Assessment and Listing (EUAL) from
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Health Tech and NHS IT PR and Communications During the COVID-19 Crisis - and Beyond
Opinion Article by Susan Venables, Founder, Client Services Director, Highland Marketing
It is hard to find positives in the sudden dislocation caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus. A little over two weeks ago, the NHS was being advised to encourage people to use NHS 111 Online to get advice about the disease and to ramp up online booking and remote consultations in primary care. A week later, it was being asked to free-up 30,000 beds ahead of the suspension of all non-urgent, elective operations from 15 April.
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Philips Enables Hospitals and GPs to Remotely Screen and Monitor Patients with COVID-19
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that it can help general practitioners and healthcare institutions manage the increased patient flows resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak through a dedicated and scalable telehealth solution that facilitates the use of online screening, follow-up questionnaires and monitoring, and external call center collaborations.
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Buddy Healthcare Launches COVID-19 Remote Care Solution to Support Hospitals
Buddy Healthcare wants to help hospitals and healthcare professionals in the battle against the COVID-19. BuddyCare virtual care platform can be used for not only symptom tracking, remote monitoring and data collection purposes but also in digitizing secure communication between the individuals/patients and healthcare professionals.
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Philips Ramps Up Production of Critical Health Technology Products in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced that it is increasing the production of certain critical care products and solutions to help diagnose and treat patients with the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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Siilo Gives Free Access to Crisis Management Functionality
Siilo, Europe's largest messaging network for health and care professionals, is offering health and care professionals free access to its organisational crisis management functionality in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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