Two trusts trial AI to diagnose breast cancer sooner
22 August 2019
The trial aims to help develop, test and ultimately deploy artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the breast cancer screening programme in the East Midlands.
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Hundreds of patients wrongly told they had cancer due to ‘IT error’
22 August 2019
NHS Forth Valley confirmed to Digital Health News that the glitch occurred after updating their Trakcare electronic medical record system.
Dr Google ‘diagnoses’ 100m health concerns as GP wait times rise
22 August 2019
More people are turning to Google to self-diagnose their boo-boos and ailments, with Londoners proving the biggest ‘cyberchondriacs’.
GP at Hand’s cap on Birmingham patient registrations set to be lifted
21 August 2019
The provider must ensure configuration to national screening systems and processes by 15 September, or the cap remains in place.
Microsoft adds to health team with chief medical officer
21 August 2019
David Rhew, who had the same position at Samsung, joins a growing health team at Microsoft which includes Google Cloudâs former health lead, Greg Moore.
Applications for cohort three of NHS Digital Academy now open
21 August 2019
The Academy was set up in response to Professor Robert Wachterâs 2016 Making IT Work report, which said the NHS lacked sufficiently-trained leaders.
Digital tools prevent hundreds of sepsis deaths across three hospitals
20 August 2019
Cambridge University Hospitals and Royal Berkshire have implemented a digital sepsis blueprint released in Febriary as part of the GDE programme.
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
Birmingham NHS trust to digitise over 235m patient records
2 June 2026
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Miziac will digitise more than 235m patient record
Single patient record could cut 20,000 A&E visits a year, gov claims
1 June 2026
The government has claimed that the single patient record could prevent up to 20,000 A&E
NHS trusts lack support to manage ePMA safety risks, HSSIB says
1 June 2026
A HSSIB report has warned that NHS trusts are being left to manage digital safety
Derbyshire Healthcare to roll out Psyomics mental health platform
29 May 2026
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will roll out Psyomics’digital platform to improve access to community
