Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
26 September 2024
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers progress on NHS Lanarkshire’s £700m digital hospital and technology for detecting diabetic foot ulcers.
News
NHSE commissions rapid review of acute trusts’ EPR plans
26 September 2024
Former NHSE director of digital transformation, Beverley Bryant is undertaking a rapid review of EPR plans at nine acute NHS trusts.
Cohort announced for sixth Propel@YH accelerator programme
26 September 2024
Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber has announced the latest cohort for its Propel@YH digital health accelerator programme.
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital to roll out Epic EHR in 2025
25 September 2024
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust has announced plans to implement Epic’s electronic patient record in 2025.
PharmacyX tests electronic prescription software for use in Wales
25 September 2024
PharmacyX has been announced as the latest healthcare technology supplier to help deliver an electronic prescription service (EPS) in Wales.
‘Two-factor authentication may have stopped Synnovis cyber attack’
25 September 2024
Beverley Bryant said that two-factor authentication is the biggest deterrent to cyber attacks in the NHS and healthcare sector.
Prescription tracking feature launched on the NHS App
24 September 2024
A feature which allows patients to trace the status and readiness of their prescriptions has been released on the NHS App.
NHS England recruiting for CDIO of online hospital trust
22 June 2026
NHS England is recruiting for a chief digital information officer (CDIO) for its new online
Powys Teaching Health Board goes live with Better ePMA
22 June 2026
Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) has gone live an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA)
Essex Partnership digital tool improves leg wound and ulcer care
19 June 2026
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a digital tool to improve care for
West Midlands NHS imaging programme enters procurement
19 June 2026
An NHS imaging transformation programme serving 6.6 million people across the West Midlands has entered
Health minister apologises for NHSE error on FDP data access
18 June 2026
Health minister Preet Kaur Gill has apologised for NHSE’s handling of information provided to the
