Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
10 April 2025
Today’s coffee briefing covers a remote monitoring initiative in Wales and Royal Oldham Hospital’s new automated laboratory system, FlexLab X.
News
NHS must move EPR use beyond digitising paper, warns report
10 April 2025
The NHS risks missing out on the full benefits of EPRs unless a national strategy is put in place, warns think tank.
Qualification launched to teach digital leadership in adult social care
10 April 2025
Wes Streeting, health secretary, has announced the launch of a qualification to teach care leaders the skills to use and deploy technology.
EU project launched to connect health data of three million citizens
9 April 2025
A project to help connect electronic health record (EHR) systems across Europe has received €8 million from the European Commission.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare goes live with imaging solution
9 April 2025
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has gone live with Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution to connect radiologists in South East England.
Wes Streeting pledges to retain digital workforce amid NHS reforms
9 April 2025
Wes Streeting, health secretary, confirmed the government’s commitment to retaining the digital workforce amid the abolition of NHS England.
Digital tools introduced to help improve elective recovery in Kent
8 April 2025
A patient optimisation eForm and a hospice data feed in Kent is now live to help improve prehabilitation and elective recovery for patients.
Industry news in brief
2 September 2022
The latest roundup includes a new solution being deployed in Milton Keynes and Ethical Healthcare
Accurx patient SMS messaging reduces waiting list in Leicester
1 September 2022
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust’s (UHL) use of Accurx’s patient messaging has seen its
Amazon reportedly ‘closing down its primary care service’
31 August 2022
An internal memo has revealed the company has determined that Amazon Care was not “the
Milton Keynes integrates NHS login for access to MyCARE patient portal
31 August 2022
Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) have announced that patients will now be able to use
CardMedic wins first major US contract since taking Pitchfest crown
30 August 2022
CardMedic have won their first major US contract since winning Pitchfest 2022 after signing a
