The power of data in a pandemic - Technology in the NHS

peter.suber's bookmarks 2020-03-29

Summary:

"To execute a coordinated and effective COVID-19 response, the government has commissioned NHS England and Improvement and NHSX to develop a data platform that will provide those national organisations responsible for coordinating the response with secure, reliable and timely data - in a way that protects the privacy of our citizens - in order to make informed, effective decisions.

NHS England will create a data store to bring multiple data sources into a single, secure location. This is what we are calling the backend or initial store. Data needed to inform the Covid-19 response will come from across the NHS and social care and from partner organisations. It will include data such as 111 online/call centre data from NHS Digital and Covid-19 test result data from Public Health England...."

Link:

https://healthtech.blog.gov.uk/2020/03/28/the-power-of-data-in-a-pandemic/

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oa.new oa.data oa.uk oa.humanitarian oa.repositories.data oa.medicine oa.privacy oa.platforms oa.infrastructure oa.repositories

Date tagged:

03/29/2020, 10:08

Date published:

03/29/2020, 06:08