Mobile health and apps news in brief
22 March 2019
Our latest mobile health and apps news features a new payroll app that’s saving the NHS hundreds of hours and a world first virtual personal trainer.
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NHS Digital to appoint âRobin Hood of dataâ as interim chief medical officer
21 March 2019
Digital Health News understands that NHS Digital is set to appoint co-founder and co-chair of the INTEROPen standards group, Dr Amir Mehrkar.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals offers video link for outpatient appointments
21 March 2019
Using the Virtual Clinic platform by Involve Visual Collaboration, patients can access a clinicians from the comfort of their own home.
Alder Hey Childrenâs Hospital piloting eConsent software
21 March 2019
Wellbeing Softwareâs eConsent will be used across the trust as part of its wider programme of digital transformation.
Hancock calls for more genomic counsellors to explain DNA technology
20 March 2019
Speaking at The Royal Society event today, Matt Hancock’s call for more counsellors will form part of the National Genomics Healthcare Strategy.
Fine line between AI becoming a buzzword and working in healthcare explored
20 March 2019
The key to successful AI lies with good quality data and a change in culture, healthcare leaders said at an event in London.
Salford Royal deploys paperless anaesthetic records
20 March 2019
Machines used in all stages of surgery will send information to the system, enabling clinicians to make decisions in real-time.
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
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
