Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
3 October 2024
11:30 AM
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers Asda’s at-home heart test and a bold plan to shift the UK’s healthcare model from reactive to proactive.
News
Countess of Chester Hospital introduces DrDoctor patient portal
3 October 2024
11:00 AM
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with patient engagement platform (PEP) supplier DrDoctor.
Blood transfusion IT systems restored at Guy’s and St Thomas’
3 October 2024
8:30 AM
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is able to issue all blood group products for transfusions, following the cyber attack on Synnovis.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals CEO confirmed as Rewired25 keynote
2 October 2024
1:30 PM
Professor Phil Wood, CEO at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, is the latest keynote speaker to be confirmed for Digital Health Rewired 2025.
Cyber Security Bill will prevent future attacks on NHS, says DSIT
2 October 2024
11:00 AM
A Bill intended to improve UK cyber defences will prevent attacks similar to the ransomware attack impacting London hospitals, said the DSIT.
Huma acquires eConsult to become ‘end-to-end tech platform’
2 October 2024
7:00 AM
Global healthcare AI firm Huma has announced its acquisition of GP online consultation and digital triage startup eConsult.
Whittington Health NHS Trust rolls out electronic prescribing
1 October 2024
1:30 PM
Whittington Health NHS Trust has rolled out an electronic prescription solution from CLEO Systems in its community heart failure team.
Derby latest Lorenzo trust to go-live
25 February 2014
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with its Lorenzo electronic patient record system
Care.data should be opt-in – Jarman
25 February 2014
The care.data programme should be opt-in not opt-out, well-known health data expert Professor Brian Jarman
Coventry makes moves to reduce paper
25 February 2014
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is sending letters electronically to all GPs in
Birmingham spends £7m on paediatric EPR
24 February 2014
Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will use £3.3m from the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards:
Wolverhampton shares info on diabetics
24 February 2014
GPs and diabetes specialists in Wolverhampton are sharing information via Graphnet’s CareCentric portal.
