Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
31 October 2024
11:54 AM
Today’s news round-up covers a pioneering ultrasonic blood pressure monitor and NHS Confederation’s take on the Autumn Budget 2024.
News
Trial finds digital avatars reduce distressing voices in psychosis
31 October 2024
11:00 AM
A trial has found that digital avatars can help people with psychosis reduce the distress and frequency with which they hear voices.
Digital health sector reacts to Autumn Budget NHS investment
31 October 2024
8:30 AM
Leaders from across the digital health, care and technology sectors have reacted to chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget.
Chancellor pledges more than £2bn for NHS tech and digital
30 October 2024
4:05 PM
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to invest more than £2bn in NHS technology and digital in the Autumn Budget.
Liverpool project integrates social housing data and NHS records
30 October 2024
11:08 AM
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Prima Group are leading a project that integrates social care housing data into NHS records.
AI software improves odds of good maternity care by 69%, say researchers
30 October 2024
8:30 AM
Women are more likely to receive good care during pregnancy when AI and other clinical software tools are used, researchers have found.
Government announces £1.5bn to cut NHS elective waiting lists
29 October 2024
1:30 PM
The government has announced £1.5bn in capital funding for surgical hubs and scanners to deliver an extra 2 million NHS appointments a year.
SCR opt-out does not apply to care.data
22 October 2013
Care.data information leaflets being sent to households in January will tell patients that an opt-out
TrakCare Lab live in Wales
22 October 2013
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the first board to go-live with the new Welsh
UnitedHealth UK rebrands as Optum
22 October 2013
UnitedHealth UK, supplier of ScriptSwitch software, is rebranding as Optum.
Ascribe users told to ‘plan do, review’
22 October 2013
“Plan, do, review” and spend more time looking at healthcare outcomes, Ascribe’s executive chairman advises
Newham GPs share data via Web
21 October 2013
Newham GPs are sharing their patient data with community matrons, hospital diabetes specialists and mental
