Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
5 November 2024
11:30 AM
Today’s news roundup covers funding news from Scalpel AI and guidance from NHS Education for Scotland on the use of digital health tools.
News
Concerns raised that NHS digital plans could exclude older adults
5 November 2024
11:00 AM
Concerns have been raised that government NHS plans, including having a single patient record through the NHS App, will exclude older people.
North Tees NHS saves 25,000 clinical hours in last year with TrakCare
5 November 2024
8:30 AM
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has saved over 25,000 clinical hours in the last 12 months through InterSystems TrakCare.
Plymouth pilot gives frail patients X-rays through car service
4 November 2024
1:30 PM
A pilot is underway at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust to take X-rays to patients through a car service to reduce hospital admissions.
Princess Alexandra Hospital goes live with Oracle Health EHR
4 November 2024
11:00 AM
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has gone live with an Oracle Health electronic health record (EHR) on 2-3 November 2024.
NHS pilots iPhone device for throat cancer detection
4 November 2024
8:30 AM
The NHS is piloting an iPhone device and app that helps detect throat cancer earlier and give patients the all-clear for the disease faster.
Robotic surgery to improve joint care for Hertfordshire patients
1 November 2024
1:30 PM
West Hertfordshire patients will benefit from robotic surgery which will speed up recovery and get people home faster after joint operations.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
9 January 2025
Today’s news roundup covers funding for an integrated housing and care technology project and research
Deciphex raises £26m to expand pathology access
9 January 2025
Pathology software and services company Deciphex has closed its Series C financing, raising $32.3m to
Online hub launched to help patients understand Lynch Syndrome
9 January 2025
Airedale and Bradford hospitals have teamed together to create and launch a digital resource for
AI trial to enhance the precision of radiotherapy for prostate cancer
8 January 2025
Researchers at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust are using AI to enhance the
Sheffield Children’s implements ePMA in paediatric critical care unit
8 January 2025
Sheffield Children’s has rolled out System C’s electronic prescribing and medicine administration system in its
