Exclusive: Former GSK security chief named new NHS Digital CISO
21 September 2018
2:34 PM
Former GlaxoSmithKline security chief Robert Coles has been named the new Chief Information Security Officer at NHS Digital.
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Fitbit beefs up healthcare offering with fitness and coaching platform
21 September 2018
2:00 PM
Fitbit Care combines the company’s activity-tracking hardware with tailored health and wellness services for insurers, employers and health systems.
Mobile health and apps news in brief
21 September 2018
12:05 AM
Our latest mobile health and apps round up features news that a survey by Roche Products Ltd has revealed there is an appetite for the NHS App
InterSystems adds mobile functionality to TrakCare EPR
20 September 2018
2:00 PM
InterSystems has added new functionality to its electronic patient record and management system that enables clinicians to interact with information using a touchscreen device.
Medopad goes shopping in Silicon Valley to strengthen analytics chops
20 September 2018
12:05 AM
UK-born health tech start-up Medopad has acquired a Silicon Valley outfit Sherbit just two months after expanding into the US.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals pledges to ‘axe the fax’ by 1 January
19 September 2018
2:00 PM
Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust has pledged to bin over 300 of its fax machines before the New Year in a bid oust outdated tech from its wards.
First performance data on private consultants published by PHIN
19 September 2018
12:05 AM
Validated information regarding the performance of individual consultants is now available to patients considering private healthcare.
MHRA issues guidance on medical device surveillance regulation
22 January 2025
MHRA has issued fresh guidance to help medical device manufacturers prepare for upcoming regulatory changes.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
21 January 2025
Today’s coffee briefing covers the EU’s healthcare cyber security action plan and the UK’s approval
Digital Health sells to CloserStill
20 January 2025
Digital Health Intelligence has concluded a deal to sell its events, news and networks businesses
NHS trusts warned that ‘legacy debt’ could pose patient safety risk
20 January 2025
CSOs have warned that patient safety could be put at risk by NHS trusts historically
Cyber attack cost Synnovis estimated £32.7m in 2024
20 January 2025
The cyber attack on pathology provider Synnovis cost an estimated £32.7 million in 2024, company
