Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
19 November 2024
11:30 AM
Today’s news roundup covers a ChatGPT-based surgical robot trained on surgical videos and an NHS tech recycling initiative in Staffordshire.
News
NHSE CIO calls for trusts to stop developing their own data centres
19 November 2024
11:00 AM
NHS England CIO John Quinn has urged trusts to stop investing in developing their own local data centres and instead move to cloud solutions.
NICE recommends two technologies for tics and Tourette syndrome
19 November 2024
8:30 AM
NICE has recommend two technologies that could reduce the severity of the symptoms of chronic tic disorders and Tourette syndrome.
SLAM awarded £1.3m for new VR and neurotherapeutics hubs
18 November 2024
1:30 PM
NIHR has awarded £1.3 million to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to fund new research technology and equipment.
Trust reverses £65m EPR procurement decision after court claim
18 November 2024
11:00 AM
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has withdrawn its decision to award a £65m EPR contract following a legal challenge.
NHSE announces digital eye screening plans for diabetes patients
18 November 2024
8:30 AM
NHS England has announced plans to provide digital eye scans in the community for diabetes patients, helping to prevent sight loss.
Drones deliver urgent blood samples for Guy’s and St Thomas’
15 November 2024
1:30 PM
The first drones have successfully delivered patient blood samples as part of a six-month trial at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
UK firms boldly go into tricorder finals
26 September 2014
Two UK companies have made it to the final stage of a worldwide competition to
US and UK work on obesity ‘disruptors’
25 September 2014
NHS England has been working with the US Department of Health and Human Services on
Link consumer tech to health IT – Newton
25 September 2014
More interoperability is needed between consumer health technology and NHS systems, Public Health England’s chief
Nursing tech fund 2 to be open to all
25 September 2014
Further details about the second round of NHS England’s Nursing Technology Fund, including an expansion
Punish EPR laggers – Kelsey
24 September 2014
Healthcare leaders must consider implementing “radical” proposals to improve the use of electronic patient records,
