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.
EC consults on mobile health
2 May 2014
Healthcare systems in Europe will need to be open to receiving data from patients collected
Wales Open Eyes to virtual referrals
2 May 2014
The NHS in Wales will use the Open Eyes electronic patient record system to reduce
King’s Fund warns crisis “inevitable”
1 May 2014
A financial crisis in the NHS is “inevitable” by 2015-16 or even sooner, the King’s
CSC to cut 750 UK jobs
1 May 2014
CSC has announced its plans to make 750 redundancies to its UK workforce as part
EPRs should ‘include location data’
1 May 2014
A patient’s location history should be a key piece of data going into new electronic
