MobiHealth News August 14, 2020
Tammy Lovell

The software is based on Google and Apple’s privacy-centric system.

Trials of a revamped NHS Test and Trace app have kicked off with residents on the Isle of Wight and NHS Volunteer Responders across England.

Tech giants Google and Apple worked with the NHS to develop the new app, after the pilot of an earlier version using Bluetooth was abandoned for having a poor success rate in tracking proximity to other devices.

The new app is designed to log the time and distance a user has spent near to anyone, so it can alert them if that person later tests positive for COVID-19.

Features include alerts to let users know the level of risk in their postcode district, a...

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Topics: Apps, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology
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