Industry news in brief
15 June 2018
This month’s industry round up features news that Public Health England has selected the Stone Group to replace existing Windows 7 devices.
News
Digital Health to disrupt health IT events market with launch of āRewiredā
14 June 2018
Digital Health Rewired is the new two-day conference and one-day exhibition taking place on 25-26 March 2019 at London Olympia, that will connect health IT leaders and professionals with the latest disruptive digital health innovations.
Buckinghamshire selects Graphnet for county-wide shared record
14 June 2018
The programme is being led by NHS Buckinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and will use Graphnetās CareCentric software to share information between Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Buckinghamshire County Council Social Care and 51 GP practices.
Countess of Chester partners up with Cerner in 15-year deal
14 June 2018
Cerner Millennium will replace the Meditech electronic patient record that has been in use at the trust since 1999, the contract for which expires at the end of next year.
Academic Health Science Networks to be given increased funding
13 June 2018
At the latest NHS England board meeting in May, members were presented with a report which looked into the 15 AHSNs which are said to have enabled the spread of 200 innovations since they were introduced in 2013.
NHS England heavily criticised for misdirected clinical correspondence
13 June 2018
The public accounts committee (PAC) has criticised NHS England for “wasting nearly two and a half million pounds” on trying to resolve backlogs of misdirected clinical correspondence.
Salford Royal introduces first-of-kind smartphone urine test for kidney patients
13 June 2018
The trust has launched a digital home testing kit that incorporates a mobile phone camera and computer vision technology with the aim of reducing the need for renal patients to attend hospital for check-ups.
New genetic ancestry data to tackle health inequalities
15 June 2026
Our Future Health has released genetic ancestry data from 755,000 participants, enabling researchers to tackle
NHS leaders call time on AI pilots and demand national scaling
15 June 2026
Senior NHS digital leaders have called for an end to repeated AI pilots, arguing that
Ashford and St Peterās opt for RLDatix electronic rostering
12 June 2026
Ashford and St Peterās Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed RLDatix to deliver its electronic
Digital Healthās monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
12 June 2026
This roundup includes EPR go-lives, following delays, at both North Cumbria Integrated Care and York
Digital Health Summer Schools 2026 full programme published
11 June 2026
Digital Health has published the full Summer Schools 2026 programme, featuring some of the NHS’s
