Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
13 June 2024
11:30 AM
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing includes the relaunch of System C’s CareFlow EPR and an online genetic support programme for MSD from Sano Genetics.
News
NHS tech is at ‘tipping point’, says Amanda Pritchard
13 June 2024
11:00 AM
NHS England chief executive, Amanda Pritchard said the NHS is at “a tipping point” when it comes to the use of technology.
PocDoc announces new feature on digital heart check service
13 June 2024
8:30 AM
PocDoc has announced that a new feature on its home testing kit for cardiovascular disease will allow test results to be seen on the NHS patient record.
Kettering General Hospital cuts neurology waiting list through telemedicine tech
12 June 2024
1:30 PM
Kettering General Hospital has reduced its neurology waiting lists by 50% by using telemedicine technology to triage patients.
Scottish Government invests £3.6m in Hospital at Home for older people
12 June 2024
11:00 AM
The Scottish Government has announced an additional investment of £3.6 million to fund its Hospital at Home initiative for older people in 2024- 2025.
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ICS restoring systems following IT outage
12 June 2024
8:30 AM
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care System (ICS) has confirmed that its IT systems are “coming back online” following a network outage.
Digital Health Rewired 2025 opens for registration
11 June 2024
1:30 PM
Registration has opened for Rewired 2025, the largest UK digital health expo the use of digital and data to deliver improvements in health and care.
HSCIC outlines bureaucracy busting plans
5 November 2013
The Health and Social Care Information Centre will release a report on reducing the burden
£20m of tech fund to go on open source
5 November 2013
Up to £20m of the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’ will go towards open
Mental health IT ‘at best ok’ – survey
5 November 2013
Mental health IT systems are at best “ok” according to a survey of system usability
084 numbers banned
5 November 2013
The use of expensive 084 numbers by GP practices has been banned by NHS England.
Epsom implements Harris portal
5 November 2013
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is implementing a clinical portal from Harris
