Better shared records vital to prevent asthma deaths, charity warns
22 February 2019
Asthma UK is also calling for automatic alerts to be sent to GPs if their patient has been admitted to A&E following an attack.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
22 February 2019
The latest roundup features Push Doctor partnering with Datix to improve their patient safety software and a food app that uses AI to analyse nutrition.
Ten principles of NHS AI code of conduct published
21 February 2019
The principles, which tech companies are expected to follow, include understanding user need as well as being fair and transparent.
POLL: Will NHSX improve digital transformation in the NHS?
21 February 2019
Overseeing digital transformation, the organisation brings together the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement.
New AI is four times more accurate at predicting ovarian cancer deaths
21 February 2019
The software examines four biological characteristics of tumours â structure, shape, size and genetic makeup â which influence a patientâs survival rate.
GP at Hand given green light to expand to Birmingham
20 February 2019
Digital Health News understands NHS England is now working with Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull CCGs to agree on a start date after a solution was reached.
Line ‘needs to be drawn’ to establish accountability in healthcare AI, report warns
20 February 2019
Clinicians may find themselves incorrectly trusting decisions made by AI more than they trust their own, The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges report found.
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
