Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
10 September 2024
11:30 AM
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing includes trials of Apple AR tech at George Eliot Hospital and site-wide patient monitoring at Barts Health
News
Patients may be able to opt out of sharing their data with the FDP
10 September 2024
11:00 AM
NHS England has been informed by lawyers that key aspects of its Federated Data Platform (FDP) lack a legal basis, The Register report.
Somerset ICB to go live with continuing healthcare platform
10 September 2024
8:30 AM
NHS Somerset ICB plan to implement a digital platform to ease the transition from children and young people’s to adult continuing healthcare.
NHS Providers calls for investment in digital to ‘drive productivity’
9 September 2024
1:31 PM
NHS Providers has called for government investment into digital technology to improve productivity, following a survey of NHS trust leaders.
Digital test for ADHD diagnosis approved for use in the NHS
9 September 2024
11:00 AM
The NHS is now using a digital test to speed up the diagnosis of ADHD in children, following trials by the NIHR.
Airedale NHS FT delay EPR go-live for further safety testing
9 September 2024
8:30 AM
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has delayed the go-live date for its electronic patient record (EPR) system to allow for further safety testing.
VR project aims to improve mental health for homeless
6 September 2024
1:30 PM
A virtual reality initiative has been launched to help homeless people improve their mental health and prepare for independent living.
‘More than half’ of NHS trusts engaged in AI projects, report suggests
18 December 2019
Data obtained by NetApp found that 52% of trusts were deploying AI technologies, with a
Matt Hancock remains health secretary after UK general election
17 December 2019
Matt Hancock will remain as health secretary after Thursday’s General Election after Prime Minster Boris
Tim Kelsey leaves Australia’s health IT agency to join HIMSS
17 December 2019
Tim Kelsey has left his role as CEO of Australia’s federal health IT agency to
Surgeons use virtual surgery to reconstruct patient’s jaw
17 December 2019
The 12-hour procedure was pre-planned by performing “virtual surgery” on a 3D model, before leg
Digital therapeutics service My Online Therapy bags £4.2m funding
16 December 2019
The London-based online therapy start-up has received funding from Lighthouse Investment to expand its product
