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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has withdrawn its decision to award a £65m EPR contract following a legal challenge.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.
US and UK take forward health IT MoU
7 March 2014
The US and UK are working together on harmonising quality indicators, releasing and using health
HSCIC to audit data releases by 2 April
6 March 2014
The Health and Social Care Information Centre will take four weeks to audit the data
GP IT funding split evenly nationwide
6 March 2014
GP IT funding will be paid to clinical commissioning groups on a per-head-of-population basis under
Taunton picks IMS Maxims
6 March 2014
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has picked IMS Maxims as preferred bidder to supply
Hunt optimistic about NHS and technology
5 March 2014
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is optimistic about the future of the NHS because of the
