The UK government has published a white paper setting out legislative proposals for a Health and Care Bill.
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Telemedicine, in order to evolve, must be integrated into the National Health Service
The keyword of any project must be interoperability: technological, organisational and clinical.
In UK the continuity of care hospital-general medicine is achieved with FHIR
NHS Digital together with TPP and a system integrator have developed an interoperability infrastructure based on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) to exchange first aid reports, discharge letters and outpatient reports with general practitioners.
Tele-medicine, before tele- is medicine, with all that comes with it.
The systematic adoption of telemedicine cannot ignore a number of aspects that must be considered and planned. Telemedicine is not just a technology.
Teletriage reduces unnecessary access to the emergency room.
The problem of unnecessary access to the emergency room is even more relevant in the Coronavirus era where it is necessary to ensure social distancing even in healthcare facilities.
Digital health in phases 2 and 3 of COVID-19
Digital innovation can play a key role in managing phases two and three of the Coronavirus. Let’s see the main areas of application.