GP appointments auto-cancelled via text
25 September 2013
12:00 AM
GP practices are using new iPlato functionality to allow patients to automatically cancel GP appointments via their mobile phone.
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Trusts get RiO upgrade
25 September 2013
12:00 AM
BT is upgrading community and mental health organisations in London and the south of England to Release 2 of electronic patient record system RiO.
Jr doctor creates ward problems app
24 September 2013
12:00 AM
A junior doctor at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has created an app to flag up problems and inefficiencies on the wards.
Care.data publicity ‘not adequate’ – GPC
24 September 2013
12:00 AM
The practice-based publicity campaign around care.data is “not adequate” and wider awareness raising activities will take place before extractions begin, the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee says.
BJSS re-engineers HES platform
23 September 2013
7:06 AM
BJSS has re-engineered the data platform supporting Hospital Episode Statistics, reducing the data processing time from 20 days to five.
Emis and Ascribe look for ‘sweet spots’
23 September 2013
12:00 AM
Emis and Ascribe have created a “sweet spots map” of common users to develop exemplars for their integrated care strategy.
South West trusts find RIS slow going
23 September 2013
12:00 AM
Taunton and Somerset and Yeovil District Hospital NHS foundation trusts are still migrating data to a new radiology system, three months after the deadline for doing so.
Prototype developed for new breast cancer detection technology
23 May 2025
The prototype of a machine that can detect tumours in women with dense breast tissue
Grow Digital Health Midlands announces first accelerator cohort
23 May 2025
Nine ‘high-potential’ digital health companies have been selected to participate in a new, Midlands-focused accelerator
‘Ada’ automation system improves paediatric referral processing
22 May 2025
An automation system called ‘Ada’ is improving efficiency in paediatric referrals at Cambridge Community Services
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing 
22 May 2025
Today’s coffee briefing covers 13 new DEXA scanners for NHS trusts and a new financial
‘Lessons can be learned’ from DHSC cyber progress, says PAC
22 May 2025
The Public Accounts Committee has said “lessons can be learned” from DHSC’s efforts to improve
