Digital Health’s review of the year, 2017
What a year 2017 has been in the world of digital health. It was a year you couldn’t avoid with AI, the ICO and CQC looming large.
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What a year 2017 has been in the world of digital health. It was a year you couldn’t avoid with AI, the ICO and CQC looming large.
NHS England will adopt the updated National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to improve the outcomes of critically ill patients, including those with sepsis.
This month’s industry news in brief roundup includes the announcement that Healthcare Communications is to be acquired by IMImobile.
A legal challenge made by Babylon Healthcare against a CQC report has been dropped and with the company agreeing to pay the regulator’s £11,000 costs.
The network and IT company brought some well-deserved Christmas cheer to children in hospital by giving them the chance to video call with Santa.
NHS England is said to be in negotiations with Microsoft to put in place a new EWA for Office 2010, with a view of eventually migrating to Outlook 365.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals has implemented Virtualstock’s The Edge for Health, which aims to bring Amazon-like simplicity to the NHS’s supply chain.
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) is planning the formation of a new framework agreement

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed that it has around 500 reports which are “stuck”
Robeauté has raised $28m (£23m) to develop its microrobots which enter the brain to diagnose,
Royal Bolton Hospital is carrying out digital autopsies that reduce invasive post-mortems and release bodies
UK health tech firm Cera has completed a transaction in excess of $150m (£123m) to