Nuances of Microsoft deal, former PM lobbied for NHS data, South Africa’s vax booking system goes live then runs into problems, child health record for Lancashire, AliveCor sues Apple, digital health deal between Israel and UAE, Denmark’s coronapas, digital health in Ireland, Alexa finds vaxes, F for EMRs
Microsoft puts AI at heart of digital health strategy with Nuance deal
Pharmaforum ~ Phil Taylor ~ 16/04/2021
Microsoft has made its aspirations in digital health clear with a whopping $19.7 billion deal to buy Nuance Communications and its artificial intelligence platform for speech recognition that is increasingly being used for clinical applications.
David Cameron ‘lobbied Matthew Gould for access to NHS staff data’
Digital Health News ~ Andrea Downey ~ 22/04/2021
Former Prime Minister David Cameron reportedly lobbied NHSX chief Matthew Gould for access to NHS staff data to support the rollout of a payment app, it has been revealed.
