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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has withdrawn its decision to award a £65m EPR contract following a legal challenge.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.
EHI Live and kicking in 2014
20 March 2014
EHI has launched EHI Live 2014 with a new-look website and a focus on the
Maxims code to be released on GitHub
19 March 2014
IMS Maxims will release the source code for its electronic patient record system on GitHub,
Kelsey admits care.data use unclear
19 March 2014
NHS England delayed the care.data programme because it could not give guarantees on how the
Informatics profession gets a federation
19 March 2014
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, the UK Council of Health Informatics Professions and the
Bedford releases £20m tender
19 March 2014
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust has gone out to tender for an electronic medical record system
