STAR HIE Program Helps Unlock Powerful Public Health Data in West Virginia
ONC launched the Strengthening the Technical Advancement and Readiness of Public Health Agencies via Health Information Exchange (STAR HIE) Program...
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Controversial data mining company Palantir reports ballooning losses
Palantir has reported widening losses in its first financial report since it began trading as a public company. The American...
Covid data ‘exaggerating’ risk, medics and academics tell Boris Johnson
The letter's signatories also include Anthony Fryer, professor of clinical biochemistry at Keele University, Richard Ennos, professor of biological sciences...
Test and Trace app’s ‘delete my data’ button undermines its effectiveness, claim top scientists
Professor Paul Hunter, an expert in health protection at the University of East Anglia who has previously advised the World Health...
How data from intensive care units shows second wave won’t be as deadly as the first
Experts believe treatment improvements are starting to have a major impact – particularly the steroid dexamethasone, which prevents the devastating...
‘No sign of second wave’ as ONS data shows normal level of deaths for time of year
The ONS figures show that, since the week ending September 4, registered coronavirus deaths in England and Wales have been...
Are pubs and restaurants really driving the rise in Covid cases? None of the data says so
When The Telegraph asked to see the new figures and quizzed the Department of Health on what the chart actually...
NHS can save live by giving data to tech giants, says Matt Hancock
He also described how he had seen artificial intelligence improve cancer diagnosis rates and helped guide surgeons when removing tumours....
Britons experiencing a ‘worrying’ rise in depression during the pandemic, reveals ONS data
“As more and more people ask for support for their mental health, well-resourced timely treatment must be available for anyone...
Privacy body accuses NHS Test and Trace system of breaching data protection laws
The NHS Test and Trace programme has been accused of breaching data protection laws after the Government admitted it had failed...
Google dropped from NHS Covid-19 ‘Data Store’
There has since been no public announcement about the effectiveness of the Data Store but reports suggest the NHS has been struggling...
‘Secretive’ data company Palantir files to go public
Palantir has confidentially filed to go public, paving the way for investors to take a stake in the historically shadowy...
NHS cleaners and porters were coronavirus ‘super-spreaders’ in hospitals, data reveals
According to one Whitehall source, however, frustration is growing among ministers over delays in collecting crucial data from individual NHS...
Over one third of care home residents not yet tested for coronavirus, data suggests
The figures, while indicating improvement, suggest the Government is some way off achieving the May 15 commitment by Matt Hancock,...
More than 5,000 needless dementia and Alzheimer’s deaths since March, ONS data shows
“The sudden rise in deaths due to dementia and Alzheimer disease is so sharp that it is implausible that the...
Google executive advised NHS on how to collect confidential patient data
A Google executive who oversaw an "illegal" NHS data sharing project has been advising the health service on collecting confidential patient information...
Unexplained ‘excess’ deaths in care homes almost as high as confirmed coronavirus victims, data shows
Earlier this week, The Telegraph reported that Age UK had warned that stress and anxiety caused by the coronavirus lockdown was fuelling...
Location data from NHS contact-tracing app could help avoid second lockdown, says former Health Secretary
“It may well be that the relaxation of lockdown or reimposition of lockdown requirements at some point in the future...
BAME patients face a disproportionately high risk of death from coronavirus, new data shows
Black, Asian, and minority ethnic patients face a disproportionately high risk of death from coronavirus, new data shows, as officials...
NHS volunteer army of 750,000 has only been given 20,000 tasks, data reveals
"On duty for over 370 hours, but no requests in Cheltenham yet," volunteer Rob Freegard wrote on Thursday. "Hopefully this...
How accurate is the UK coronavirus death toll? Our data expert answers your questions
Tom Dening, a professor of dementia research at the University of Nottingham, said: "It is worrying that there appears to...
Coronavirus linked to one in 20 deaths in England and Wales, ONS data shows
One in 20 deaths in England and Wales is linked to coronavirus – up from one in 100 in a week, the...
Hospitalising coronavirus patients can cause more deaths, Italy data suggests
Sending coronavirus patients to hospital can dramatically increase death rates, the experience of two hard-hit Italian regions suggests. Veneto and...
Supermarkets get list of vulnerable customers as Government intervenes to resolve data protection row
Supermarkets have been supplied with a list of 1.5 million vulnerable customers in the coronavirus crisis after the Government intervened...
There will be 20,000 coronavirus deaths in the UK, the data modelling suggests
The Government’s decision to move Britain towards lockdown is based on data modelling which suggests there will be 20,000 coronavirus deaths...
