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Sleep-deprived Londoners to benefit from Sleepio app
22 March 2019
The app is available on the NHS in the capital after being selected as a partner by the Good Thinking Service which aims to improve Londoner’s well-being.
GP apps need ‘back-up plan’ in cases of suspected sepsis, new guidance says
22 March 2019
Sepsis can be a notoriously difficult infection to spot, which raises the question: Do GP apps pose a risk the infection will be overlooked?
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.
NHS Digital to appoint ‘Robin Hood of data’ 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 Children’s Hospital piloting eConsent software
21 March 2019
Wellbeing Software’s eConsent will be used across the trust as part of its wider programme of digital transformation.
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 ☕
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
