Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing 
21 January 2025
11:30 AM
Today’s coffee briefing covers the EU’s healthcare cyber security action plan and the UK’s approval of new digital hearing aids.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing
Two Devon trusts sign contract for Epic EPR
21 January 2025
11:00 AM
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have signed a contract with Epic for an EPR.
Public backs technology to improve NHS, says Tony Blair Institute
21 January 2025
8:30 AM
A TBI report shows that most members of the UK public who are dissatisfied with the NHS believe that technology could improve it.
Digital Health sells to CloserStill Media
20 January 2025
1:45 PM
Digital Health Intelligence has concluded a deal to sell its events, news and networks businesses to CloserStill Media.
NHS trusts warned that ‘legacy debt’ could pose patient safety risk
20 January 2025
11:00 AM
CSOs have warned that patient safety could be put at risk by NHS trusts historically failing to comply to digital clinical safety standards.
Cyber attack cost Synnovis estimated £32.7m in 2024
20 January 2025
8:30 AM
The cyber attack on pathology provider Synnovis cost an estimated £32.7 million in 2024, company accounts filed on Companies House reveal.
Digital health coaching platform Numan launches AI assistant
17 January 2025
1:30 PM
Numan is launching an AI Health Assistant aimed at bolstering the firm’s holistic approach to weight management through health coaching.
Pennine digitises 450m paper records
16 July 2014
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is using Kainos Evolve and EDM Group to digitise approximately
UK digital health centre opens in China
16 July 2014
A digital health demonstration centre for UK companies has opened in China as part of
Poop shooter launched by Leics trust
16 July 2014
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has created an educational website for children to learn about staying
Central funding of NHSmail SMS to end
15 July 2014
Plans to end central funding of email-to-SMS services for NHSmail2 will “go down like a
Liverpool gets Emis access on tablets
15 July 2014
Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust has deployed 1,500 tablets to give its staff access to
