Global digital health VC funding hit £4.2 billion in 2016
19 January 2017
Record venture capital funds were raised for digital health companies in 2016, according to a new report.
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Global digital exemplars waiting on central cash
19 January 2017
Many of the 12 hospital global digital exemplars expected to be pushing on with plans to digitally transform by now, but NHS England has yet to release the purse strings.
Epic improvements pull Cambridge out of special measures
18 January 2017
Care Quality Commission says many concerns the trust’s Epic electronic patient record have now been addressed.
New national NHS patient “data lake” proposed based on STPs
18 January 2017
NHS England and NHS Digital meet with IT suppliers, including Google Deepmind and Microsoft, to discuss how to build new national patient data collection system.
Doncaster and Bassetlaw PAS delays cost £1.1m
18 January 2017
A delay in the implementation of a patient administration system at the northern acute trust had cost more than a million pounds.
Obama: Health IT interoperability ‘harder than expected’
17 January 2017
The outgoing US president shares his frustrations around spending billions trying to get health IT systems to talk to one another.
Update: Trojan malware blamed for Barts cyber-attack
16 January 2017
The biggest NHS trust in the country says Trojan malware was behind a major cyber-attack on Friday.
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
25 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a rise in the use of translation services driven by high petrol
Oxford AI studies secure NIHR funding to tackle NHS waiting times
25 June 2026
Two studies have received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research as
National NHS leaders join Summer Schools 2026 speaker line-up
24 June 2026
Three national NHS leaders shaping the future of digital health have been confirmed for Summer
University Hospitals Sussex signs EPR contract with Alcidion
24 June 2026
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract with Alcidion to deliver an
Manchester Met wins funding to boost AI health innovation
23 June 2026
Manchester Metropolitan University will promote AI for business and the development of wearable health technologies
