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Amazon Alexa partnership puts patient data ‘at risk’

10 July 2019

A lack of detail about how patient data will be used and stored makes the deal appear like a “crazy PR stunt”, according to Phil Booth of medConfidential.

Royal Papworth Hospital's latest building

Royal Papworth achieves ‘first of kind’ Lorenzo-Epic integration with CUH

10 July 2019

Royal Papworth Hospital and Cambridge University Hospitals have developed an interface for sharing blood tests between their disparate EPRs.

Alexa will see you now: NHS partners with Amazon

10 July 2019

Amazon’s algorithms trawl information on NHS websites to provide answers to questions like: “How do I treat a migraine?” or “What are the symptoms of flu?”.

Mat Edgar from NHS Digital's design team

NHS Digital puts outdated user interface out to pasture

9 July 2019

NHS Digital will overhaul the design of its digital services after putting out a notice to formally withdraw its common user interface.

Digital Health Special Report: Medical Devices

Patients get better night’s sleep thanks to Digital Care Assistant

9 July 2019

Oxford Health has introduced Oxehealth’s Digital Care Assistant (DCA), which allows nurses to check patients’ vitals at night without a physical assessment.

DH.L and RYSE kick off fresh digital health investment programme

9 July 2019

The RYSE Digital Health Call invites early-stage health tech companies to apply for £250k – £5m in funding with the opportunity to work alongside DigitalHealth.London and MedCity in bringing their products to patients.