Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
31 October 2024
11:54 AM
Today’s news round-up covers a pioneering ultrasonic blood pressure monitor and NHS Confederation’s take on the Autumn Budget 2024.
News
Trial finds digital avatars reduce distressing voices in psychosis
31 October 2024
11:00 AM
A trial has found that digital avatars can help people with psychosis reduce the distress and frequency with which they hear voices.
Digital health sector reacts to Autumn Budget NHS investment
31 October 2024
8:30 AM
Leaders from across the digital health, care and technology sectors have reacted to chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget.
Chancellor pledges more than £2bn for NHS tech and digital
30 October 2024
4:05 PM
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to invest more than £2bn in NHS technology and digital in the Autumn Budget.
Liverpool project integrates social housing data and NHS records
30 October 2024
11:08 AM
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Prima Group are leading a project that integrates social care housing data into NHS records.
AI software improves odds of good maternity care by 69%, say researchers
30 October 2024
8:30 AM
Women are more likely to receive good care during pregnancy when AI and other clinical software tools are used, researchers have found.
Government announces £1.5bn to cut NHS elective waiting lists
29 October 2024
1:30 PM
The government has announced £1.5bn in capital funding for surgical hubs and scanners to deliver an extra 2 million NHS appointments a year.
Commonwealth Fund says NHS world ‘best’
18 June 2014
The NHS is the “best” and most efficient healthcare system in the world, partly due
HSCIC review finds data release ‘lapses’
17 June 2014
A Health and Social Care Information Centre review has uncovered “lapses” in how its predecessor
NHS Arden rolls out care homes dashboard
17 June 2014
NHS Arden Commissioning Support Unit has created a care quality dashboard for nursing homes which
Interoperability important for tech fund
17 June 2014
NHS England’s head of enterprise architecture has underlined the importance of interoperability to trusts putting
National meta-data standards needed
17 June 2014
Developing national meta-data standards to index imaging data and other documents is critical to improving
