Mobile health and apps news in brief
17 January 2020
This month’s mobile apps round-up features news the Smoke Free Plus app is now available to buy through Boots retailers and online.
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AHSN to enhance innovation exchange platform and ‘double’ users
16 January 2020
West Midlands Academic Health Science Network will move to a new innovation exchange platform to boost innovation and collaboration across the region.
Discover the possibilities of cloud and mobile for healthcare at Rewired
16 January 2020
Digital Health Rewired 2020 will explore how NHS organisations and their partners are using cloud to improve productivity and reduce costs.
Sheffield Children’s launches Little Journey app for young patients
16 January 2020
The Little Journey app is designed to help put children at ease before they come in for surgery by providing information on what to expect.
Investment in digital ‘is a building block for world class GP services’
15 January 2020
The Royal College of GPs has called for more investment in digital technologies âto make better use of data and evidence, and to modernise GP premisesâ.
Electronic prescription error lead to woman’s death, coroner finds
15 January 2020
David Urpeth, assistant coroner for the area of South Yorkshire West said âthere is a risk that future deaths will occur unless action is takenâ.
System C to deliver integrated EPR for North Bristol NHS Trust
15 January 2020
Digital Health News understands that the agreement was concluded without a prior contract notice due to technical reasons with its current DXC Lorenzo EPR.
John Browett named chair of NHS online hospital trust
4 June 2026
John Browett, business leader and former supermarket chief executive, has been named as chair of
Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire patients had data stolen in cyber attack
3 June 2026
Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patients had personal data stolen in the cyber
NHS AI scribe rollout should include national oversight, report finds
3 June 2026
The rollout of AI scribes across the NHS should be accompanied by national oversight, according
Hampshire and Isle of Wight adopts continuing healthcare platform
2 June 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (HIOW ICB) has gone live with the
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing â
2 June 2026
Today’s briefing features a video-on-demand interpreting service and an AI tool that can estimate a
