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MobiHealthNews talks about the value of digital therapeutics, artificial intelligence and learnings from COVID-19 with Dr Cesar Morcillo Serra, director of internal medicine in Hospital Cima Sanitas Barcelona, Spain.

Survey found that 80% of patients and 74% of GPs would like remote consultations to continue after lockdown.    

Marianna Imenokhoeva, founder at LinktoMedicine and HIMSS Future50 International, talks about reopening economies, and how telehealth will be more relevant than ever in the post-COVID-19 world.

NHS 111 staff will be enabled to book appointments for patients at appropriate surgeries in the UK.

Data privacy will be a key focus as development of the government’s NHS tracing app heads toward testing and review. But with release still unlikely for several weeks, one member of the development team suggests that lost time has already cost lives.

A rush to access the government’s coronavirus system set up to provide tests for keyworkers brought it to a temporary halt. Scientists at Siemens have promised a new antibody test by the end of May.

The latest publication aims to accelerate the adoption of VR therapy and best practice across NHS trusts in the UK.  

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The headsets use “teleportation” to place users in periods of their life when they were happy.

The role of health tech innovators has been acknowledged by the UK government as it launches a support and investment package for young tech businesses hit by the crisis.